Seberg (2019), directed by Benedict Andrews

The story of actress Jean Seberg is interesting and worthy of a film, unfortunately not this film. From the start there is confusion about whose story this is. Too much time and effort is spent on a fictional ‘decent’ FBI agent, who becomes obsessed with Seberg and questions the tactics against her, rather than on Seberg herself. We are told she is an activist, but don’t see any evidence of it apart from dishing out cheques and hosting parties. There is only the flimsiest treatment of her long career in the French and US film industries. The final scene between the rogue FBI agent and Seberg in Paris is unbelievably stupid. End titles disclose Seberg’s mysterious death eight years later, implying the FBI harassment broke her and was why she never worked in Hollywood again - but again no evidence. Kristen Stewart is really good as Seberg; it’s a pity her performance is lost in a mediocre film.