After Yannick and Daaaaaali!, Quentin Dupieux continues to explore his singular universe, in which the absurd and the mise en abyme of cinema take center stage. Le Deuxième Acte, opening the Cannes Film Festival 2024, promises a new immersion into a world where offbeat dialogue and improbable situations serve to reflect on image and representation.
The film stars Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon and Raphaël Quenard, in a story where romantic relationships become entangled in an isolated restaurant. With its offbeat tone and minimalist staging, the film seems to play on the boundary between fiction and reality, a recurring theme with Dupieux.
Le Deuxième Acte will be available on Netflix from August 14, 2025.
Synopsis: Florence wants to introduce David, the man she's madly in love with, to her father Guillaume. But David isn't attracted to Florence and wants to get rid of her by throwing her into the arms of his friend Willy. The four characters end up in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.
Le Deuxième Acte is a continuation of Quentin Dupieux's style, with a deconstructed narrative and absurdist humor that plays with the codes of cinema and theater. Fans of Dupieux's previous films, such as Mandibules and Fumer fait couser, should find the same distinctive touch that has made him such a success.
On the other hand, for those who prefer more conventional, linear narratives, Dupieux 's offbeat approach could be confusing. The film seems to play with the viewer's expectations, which could appeal to fans of experimental cinema and satire of the entertainment world.
With a prestigious cast featuring Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel and Vincent Lindon, Le Deuxième Acte promises a unique cinematic experience, somewhere between cinema satire and controlled absurdity. A film that should please fans of Quentin Dupieux, as inventive as ever in his deconstruction of traditional narratives.
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