FFM 25 – Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act)

Quentin Dupieux er steget i graderne. Vores hyper-produktive yndlings-absurdist, WTF-filmens ukronede konge, havde æren af at åbne sidste års festival i Cannes. Så selvfølgelig åbner forårssæsonen med Franske Film Mandage med samme film, ’Le Deuxième Acte’, med blandt andre Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel på rollelisten. The Hollywood reporter skriver: ’This is his (Dupieux) first work to tackle his own profession head-on, in a Pirandello-esque movie-within-a-movie that plays out like a twisted and uproarious take on François Truffaut’s behind-the-scenes favorite, ‘Day for Night’. Like Truffaut, Dupieux lampoons the infallible egos of some of France’s most famous actors, revealing the sparks that fly when those egos come crashing together on set. But he also addresses more contemporary subjects like the emergence of AI as a tool of cost cutting, and the belated arrival of cancel culture and the #MeToo movement within the French movie industry.’