Directed by:
Bruno DumontScreenplay:
Bruno DumontCinematography:
Guillaume DeffontainesCast:
Juliette Binoche, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrice Luchini, Jean-Luc Vincent, Didier Desprès, Cyril Rigaux, Brandon Lavieville, Raph, Lauréna ThellierVOD (1)
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Juliette Binoche, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Fabrice Luchini mix it up for laughs in the latest Cannes entry from Bruno Dumont, a filmmaker continuing to trade his former heavyweight formalism for the absurdity and slapstick he revelled in with the great Li’l Quinquin. Breezily mining the class divide for bizarro comedy, Dumont sets his new film on the Channel Coast in the Summer of 1910, where Luchini’s barmy patriarch and his wife (Bruni Tedeschi) vacation with her flamboyant sister (Binoche) and the latter’s wild, cross-dressing daughter (mononymic newcomer Raph). With a cast of local farmers on the seaside below, Slack Bay delights with its Chaplinesque humour, witty dialogue, gender-bending identity crises and a dash of old-fashioned cannibalism thrown in for good measure. (Sharmill Films)
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Juliette Binoche
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colours: White (1994)
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Italy
Best movies:
The House (1997)
Munich (2005)
A Good Year (2006)
Fabrice Luchini
France
Best movies:
The Aviator's Wife (1981)
Full Moon in Paris (1984)
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)
Jean-Luc Vincent
Best movies:
Standing Tall (2015)
Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
Slack Bay (2016)
Didier Desprès
Best movies:
Slack Bay (2016)
Cyril Rigaux
Best movies:
Slack Bay (2016)
Brandon Lavieville
Best movies:
Slack Bay (2016)
Lauréna Thellier
Best movies:
Slack Bay (2016)
Black Tide (2018)
Little Ones (2022)