“The Second Act”, Quentin Dupieux’s newest movie, opens the competition

The brand new characteristic movie by the king of absurd humor will probably be screened this Tuesday, Could 14 in Cannes, on the similar time opening this excessive mass of cinema.

Quentin Dupieux, the Stakhanovist of comedy, achieves recognition by opening the 77th Cannes Movie Pageant on Tuesday, with “The Second Act”, a declaration of affection and humor for cinema which is launched concurrently in theaters in France .

Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Raphaël Quenard and Louis Garrel share the invoice on this 1h20 comedy, gentle, however which is aware of find out how to hit the place it hurts, enjoying with the neuroses of the seventh artwork and its star actors.

The movie tells the story of the taking pictures of a nasty romantic movie, that of a younger girl, Florence, performed by a disillusioned Léa Seydoux, who desires to introduce her father Guillaume (Vincent Lindon) to the person of her goals, David (Louis Garrel). ). However the latter, not , would favor to see his buddy Willy (Raphaël Quenard) take his place.

Impertinence and self-deprecation

Unity of place, round a roadside restaurant, financial filming, discourse on the actor and his viewers, the movie is within the custom of Yannick, the penultimate opus of Quentin Dupieux, successful in theaters (460,000 entries) which propelled Raphaël Quenard to the highest.

On this comedy, everybody takes it upon themselves, from Vincent Lindon who tries self-deprecation by evoking his mannerisms or his ego, to Léa Seydoux, who jokes regarding her standing as a star. Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard check the bounds of political incorrectness within the face of a world that’s altering sooner than them.

As for the director, the query of his pure and easy disappearance is raised by the surprising irruption of synthetic intelligence, the brand new scarecrow of inventive professions.

Silent promotion

Dupieux, who does nothing just like the others, has additionally determined to not promote his movie, believing in an uncommon be aware to journalists that it was time for him to “shut (his) flap”.

“At this time, (…) I need to maintain quiet. Not out of weariness or pretension however just because (the movie), very talkative, says with well-chosen phrases all the things I need to say. say and already accommodates in an especially clear method its personal evaluation”, he argues.

“We’re actually wanting ahead to studying your criticisms, feedback or insults,” he provides, nonetheless.

At 50, Quentin Dupieux (aka Mr Oizo in electro music) has established himself as one of many French references in absurd humor, with 13 characteristic movies in 17 years, together with Rubber, Unbelievable however true and Daaaaaali !.