Dupieux’s “real fake biopic” about Salvador Dalí is a dreamlike tribute to the 20th century’s two most prominent surrealists: Dalí and Luis Buñuel. Ostensibly a story about a young journalist trying to interview the eccentric painter, the film takes its dramatic structure from Buñuel’s “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie,” in which a group of hungry dinner party guests are unable to sit down and eat thanks to an endless stream of surreal diversions. Much like in Buñuel’s classic, every time it seems the interview is finally about to begin, everything goes to hell over and over, and over again.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 17 min.
- Country, year
- France, 2023
- Genre
- Absurd comedy
- Language
- French
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Quentin Dupieux
- Screenplay
- Quentin Dupieux
- Producers
- Mathiru Verhaeghe, Thomas Verhaeghe
- Cinematography
- Quentin Dupieux
- Cast
- Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier, Pierre Niney, Gilles Lellouche, Pio Marmaï
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
Quentin Dupieux
Quentin Dupieux is a self-taught filmmaker / musician born in 1974. During his adolescence, he shot short films and at 19, he sold one of his films to Canal +. At the same time, he began to make electronic music under the pseudonym of Mr Oizo and released his first record in 1996. Creating feature films since 2007, many of them had their world premieres at major festivals like Cannes, Venice and Sundance.
