How ‘Heads of State,’ ‘Étoile,’ ‘Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ and More Made the Most of French Locations and Facilities

How ‘Heads of State,’ ‘Étoile,’ ‘Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ and More Made the Most of French Locations and Facilities

Charting a course from the Croisette to the Oscar stage, recent standouts like “The Substance,” “Flow” and “Emilia Pérez” turned 2024 into a banner year for movies made in France. While the Latvian co-production tapped into Gaul’s animation ecosystem, the English- and Spanish-language fantasias showcased the strength of the local production infrastructure — conjuring far-flung settings from soundstages just outside Paris. “Cinema is the art of…