France

Through his documentary films and photography, Raymond Depardon is known as one of the great chroniclers of contemporary France. In FRANCE, he takes a new approach: he mics his trailer, installs cameras pointed at a small table by the window, then invites strangers to come in and have a conversation with each other. The participants range in age from their teens to their 80s: couples, friends, parents, children. An immensely compelling documentary, FRANCE plunges us unfiltered into the lives of a wide range of people we would not otherwise encounter.