The Second Act(Le deuxieme acte)

A refreshing meta-textual amuse bouche for Cannes, Quentin Dupieux’s frivolous comedy summons a quartet of A-list French stars to play out an uproarious take on a film-withina- film about filmmaking. Playing actors in a pointless romantic comedy, the thespians keep interrupting the shoot to air their personal grievances – all owe to an AI who directs the film. Throwing Mel Gibson and Paul Thomas Anderson into the play, Dupieux pokes fun at the scruples of the film industry in this fourth wall-wrecking farce, with barbs about #MeToo and cancel culture. Full of surrealist gags and dark humour, this French serving will give you a bizarre taste of inspired madness.

Cannes Film Festival: Opening Film