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Synopsis
The bourgeois and extremely eccentric Van Peteghem family—among them Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi—have settled in for another summer at their cliff-top villa overlooking the picturesque Slack Bay. Their leisurely rhythm of sunbathing and seaside constitutionals is soon interrupted by the arrival of two bumbling inspectors investigating a string of tourists gone missing (and serving full-on Keystone Kops). As the macabre mysteries mount and love blossoms between the family’s genderqueer teen and the son of a local fisherman, Binoche and company ratchet the slapstick up to eleven. It’s no wonder director Bruno Dumont (Li’l Quinquin, Camille Claudel 1915) cites Peter Sellers, Monty Python, and Laurel and Hardy as cinematic influences for his delightful foray into winking, absurdist farce.
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Movie Details
| Argentina Releases: | October 21st, 2016 (Wide) |
| Video Release: | September 12th, 2017 by Kino Lorber |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 122 minutes |
| Keywords: | 1910s, Set in France, Missing Person, Incest, Cannibalism, Cross-Dressing, Romance, Tourists In Trouble, LGBTQ+, Born from Incest, Dysfunctional Family |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | 3B Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision, Pallas Film, Arte France Cinema, WDR/Arte, Memento Films Distribution, Memento Films International, Pictanovo, Le Fresnoy, Cofinova 12, Cineimage 10, Soficinema 12, Scope Pictures, Canal Plus, Cine Plus, CNC, La Region des Hauts de France, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Rachid Bouchareb, The German Federal Film Board, Tax Shelter du Gouvernemant Federal |
| Production Countries: | France |
| Languages: | French |
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