The Second Act: the new Quentin Dupieux opens the 77th Cannes Film Festival
Just a few months after the improbable Daaaaaalí! which featured Edward Baer, Jonathan Cohen Or Anaïs Demoustierthe prolific director Quentin Dupieux – also known as Mr. Oizo by music lovers – will present its thirteenth feature film on May 14, opening the 77th Cannes Film Festival. This is his fifth film in just two years since he defended, between 2022 and 2024: Incredible but true, Smoking makes you cough, YannickDaaaaaalí! and his new project entitled The Second Act.
Raphaël Quenard and Léa Seydoux in the casting
The film is finally revealed in a first trailer. We find the main actors there – Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon, Raphaël Quenard, Léa Seydoux And Manuel Guillot – try to legitimize the fact that the feature film revolves around their own character. The synopsis: Florence wants to introduce David, the man she is madly in love with, to her father Guillaume. But David is not attracted to Florence and wants to get rid of her by throwing her into the arms of his friend Willy. The four characters then find themselves in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere…
The trailer for the film The Second Act (2024) by Quentin Dupieux.
A prolific director who refuses to promote his new film
Quentin Dupieux’s thirteenth film will be released in theaters simultaneously with its programming (out of competition) at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Like most of his previous feature films, it has a relatively short duration – 1h16 – and rekindles discussions about the filmmaker’s work. For some people, Quentin Dupieux has become a sort of factory where quantity takes precedence over quality. For others, on the contrary, Yannick (2023) remains one of his best films, proof that, despite its frantic pace, the director has lost none of his splendor.
It is clear that Quentin Dupieux has not spoken widely in the press regarding the Second act which was initially to be titled: To our beautiful profession. According to him, it is time to “shut up” by avoiding any unnecessary promotion: “Today, (…) I want to be silent, he indicates. Not out of weariness or pretension but simply because The Second Actvery talkative, says in well-chosen words everything I want to say and already contains his own analysis extremely clearly.”
The Second Act (2024), with Léa Seydoux and Raphaël Quenard, in theaters on May 14.
