The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch is a Wes Anderson anthology film celebrating the golden age of American magazine journalism, following the final issue of an expatriate publication based in fictional Ennui-sur-Blasé, France. The film weaves together three distinct stories covering art, politics, and food, each told with Anderson's signature meticulous visual style. Featuring a sprawling all-star cast including Bill Murray, Benicio del Toro, and Tilda Swinton, it is a heartfelt tribute to curious writers and the stories they chase.

• Wes Anderson's ninth feature film, released in 2021.
• Inspired by the real-life New Yorker magazine and its writers.
• Filmed entirely in Angoulême, France, doubling as fictional Ennui-sur-Blasé.
• Features one of Anderson's largest ensemble casts ever assembled.
• Some sequences are shot in black-and-white, others in vivid color.

• "No crying." — Arthur Howitzer Jr.
• "I always think of my readers as very smart women." — Herbsaint Sazerac
• "Just try to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose." — Arthur Howitzer Jr.
• "He was the greatest criminal artist of the twentieth century, or the greatest artistic criminal." — J.K.L. Berensen
• "I want to say it plainly: I love you, and I'm going to miss you." — Narrator