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Et voilà, The Second Act, a bubbly apéritif to open this year's Cannes Film Festival, and the latest bit of mischief from Quentin Dupieux, the Loki of the French cinematic universe. Dupieux turns out a film roughly once a year, featuring protagonists ranging from a rogue rubber tire cruising the highway…

The 77th Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25) will open with Quentin Dupieux’s French-language comedy road movie Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act). Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard star and will be in attendance. Above is a first-look still. Presented Out of Competition…

French director Quentin Dupieux has begun shooting his 12th feature film DAAAAAALI ! with a star ensemble French cast including Alain Chabat (Smoking Causes Coughing), Anaïs Demoustier (Alice And The Mayor), Pierre Niney (Frantz) and Gilles Lellouche (Little White Lies). The picture charts the story…

Absurdist director Quentin Dupieux is back with another bat sh*t crazy film, Smoking Causes Coughing (Fumer Fait Tousser). This film centers around a group of vigilante superheroes called the Tobacco Force. Through all the madness of his previous films, like Rubber (a serial killing car tire), Deer Skin (where a guy…

Everyone knows that rule No. 1 in movies — especially, but not exclusively, horror movies — is that nobody should ever go down to a basement. Not long into Quentin Dupieux's snappy little entertainment Incredible But True, premiering as a Berlinale Special Gala at the Berlin Film Festival, a couple inspecting a house…

EXCLUSIVE: Dekanalog, a new theatrical and digital distribution company with an emphasis on presenting international titles for U.S. audiences, will launch in March with four films on its initial slate. The company will release Keep an Eye Out, an absurdist comedy directed by Quentin Dupieux, online on March 5. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first subtitled trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s Directors Fortnight opener Deerskin. The Artist Oscar winner Jean Dujardin trades in his dancing shoes for a suede jacket in the thriller whose synopsis reads: Georges, 44 years old, and his jacket, 100% deerskin, have a plan. Dupieux is a self-taught…