In between, Samuel Umtiti and Djibril Sidibe netted for France and Ousmane Dembele got their late victor. France's future is gloriously bright; England's remains uncertain.
France manager Didier Deschamps did not agree with the decision to award England the penalty and send off Varane through the video referee when he was adjudged to have fouled Alli, who had run clear on goal.
Peter Taylor: England were punished for giving the ball away, and there's a fair chance in these matches you're going to get punished.
'We've got young players coming through with potential and they're exciting but there's no short-cut to that.
In truth, the scoreline masked the gulf in class between the two side with the French playing with power, speed and precision, while England were sluggish and uncertain.
Djibril Sidibe racked up an nearly similar close-range objective on 43 mins, and Kane added his second from the place (48) as Raphael Varane saw red for a last-man foul on Dele Alli.
"We've been competitive in all three games for long periods of time, but I think we've had to play at our absolute limit to stay in all three of those matches".
The Premier League golden boot victor had not played under Southgate until this get together and it is not hard to see why he is so central to England's plans.
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"Things became complicated a bit with the red card and the penalty which looked more than harsh to me, even if it didn't matter in the end", said Deschamps, who was able to leave out star striker Antoine Griezmann.
"If we want to be fearless and play like that, then sometimes mistakes like that are going to happen". The Southampton left-back, who played one game at Euro 2016, said: 'We definitely see progress. "I think it's absolutely what I thought".
The International Football Association Board, independent guardians of the laws of the game, approved VAR testing last summer at a meeting in Cardiff and FIFA hope to be in a position to use it at the 2018 World Cup.
"But I want the players to feel disappointed tonight because they've got to recognise moments when you do have an opportunity to get a really good result".
The British national anthem was played second - the anthem of the home team is normally second in worldwide fixtures.
"The reality is, find out exactly where you are against the very best".
'We saw lots of quality and the manner in which we played, with this attacking style and approach, was encouraging.
The game itself got off to a slow start until England took the lead after just nine minutes, with captain Kane continuing his remarkable recent goalscoring form by applying the finishing touch to a slick team move which saw Dele Alli, Raheem Sterling and Ryan Bertrand all involved.
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