The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

20211h 48mDir. Charlie Vaughan

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Name: The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2021-10-21
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand

“Bringing the world to Kansas, one eccentric story at a time.”

DramaComedy

4.5 / 5.0

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1st Half: 4.5 ★vs2nd Half: 4.5 ★

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The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Starring:Benicio del Toro,Adrien Brody,Tilda Swinton,Léa Seydoux,Frances McDormand

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Benicio del Toro

Moses Rosenthaler

Adrien Brody

Julian Cadazio

Tilda Swinton

J.K.L. Berensen

Léa Seydoux

Simone

Frances McDormand

Lucinda Krementz

Timothée Chalamet

Zeffirelli

Lyna Khoudri

Juliette

Jeffrey Wright

Roebuck Wright

Mathieu Amalric

The Commissaire

Steve Park

Nescaffier

Bill Murray

Arthur Howitzer, Jr.

Owen Wilson

Herbsaint Sazerac

Key Production Crew

Director

Wes Anderson

Screenplay & Writers

Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola

Cinematography

Robert D. Yeoman

Original Score

Alexandre Desplat

Producers

Wes Anderson, Steven M. Rales, Jeremy Dawson

Film Details

Budget$25,000,000

Box Office Revenue$46,333,545

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Indian PaintbrushAmerican Empirical PicturesStudio Babelsberg

Keywords & Themes

#art collector#journalist#small town#france#poison#1970s#journalism#editor-in-chief#artist#imprisonment

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Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

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4.5

The French Dispatch—A Wes Anderson Fever Dream (Or an Occasionally X-Rated Poem, Whatever Works) Alright, folks, picture this: Wes Anderson, in all his symmetrical, pastel-infused, hyper-controlled glory, decides, “Yo...

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