THE SECOND ACT
| 2024 – 80′ – Comedy, TAFFF Premieres
Written by: Quentin Dupieux.
Directed by: Quentin Dupieux.
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon, Raphaël Quenard, Manuel Guillot, Françoise Gaziot.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2026 (Opening Film).
Official Competition TAFFF 2024.
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release. |
Florence wants to introduce David, the man she’s madly in love with, to her father, Guillaume. But David isn’t really attracted to Florence and seems desperate to fix her up with his best friend, Willy. Then the foursome meets up in a restaurant in the middle of some desolate landscape. But wait…! The characters keep breaking the fourth wall! And their banter is chock-a-block with politically incorrect commentary. What’s going on?! Once again, totally off the wall, director Quentin Dupieux takes us on a tongue-in-cheek rollercoaster ride into the absurd with his signature black comedy. Which winds up being fairly hilarious (when it’s not completely horrific). It’s also a sardonic look at today’s cancel culture, a projection into the cyber-future of filmmaking, and a rapturous ode to the most infinite of tracking shots, all rolled into one!