Friday, June 7th, 2024 @ 8:00 PM
Runtime: NaN Mins
Screening followed by Q&A with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.
Reviews:
A Brechtian Heckler Hijacks the Show in Quentin Dupieux’s Absurdist Delight (…) Dupieux’s Best Film.
Peter Debruge - Variety
Dupieux reveals the dark and terribly human side of his cinema. You won't forget this Yannick anytime soon.
Renan Cros - CinemaTeaser
The result is as funny as it is touching and Raphaël Quenard confirms that he is one of the most exciting French actors to follow today.
Adam Sanchez - GQ
Absurdist
Comedy
U.S. Distribution:
Kinology
If Daaaaaali ! is all about celebrity, Yannick is about the average guy.
Yannick takes place almost entirely in a small Parisian theater, where a sparsely-attended performance of a mediocre production of Le Cocu (The Cuckold) is underway. An unsatisfied spectator, Yannick (Raphaël Quenard), a night watchman living in a distant suburb, interrupts the actors to complain that he is not getting his money’s worth in entertainment value. Mayhem ensues.
Better to not say more about this short, unusual, and hilarious comedy with a tender heart that was a surprising box office hit in France last summer. As usual, Quentin Dupieux says it best: “99% of films are boring. This one is not.”
Besides the up and coming Quenard (All Your Faces – 2023 Fall Virtual Screenings, and Hard Shell, Soft Shell – SFFF 2022), Yannick stars stand-up comedian Blanche Gardin (Everybody Loves Jeanne – SFFF 2023) and Pio Marmaï – who is one of the Dalís in the other half of the Dupieux Double Feature, Daaaaaali !
Reviews:
A Brechtian Heckler Hijacks the Show in Quentin Dupieux’s Absurdist Delight (…) Dupieux’s Best Film.
Peter Debruge - Variety
Dupieux reveals the dark and terribly human side of his cinema. You won't forget this Yannick anytime soon.
Renan Cros - CinemaTeaser
The result is as funny as it is touching and Raphaël Quenard confirms that he is one of the most exciting French actors to follow today.
Adam Sanchez - GQ