Yannick

2023 1h 7m FR

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 749

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Synopsis

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In the middle of a performance of the play "Le Cocu", a bad boulevard comedy at a Parisian theatre, Yannick gets up and interrupts the show to take the evening back in hand.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Raphaël Quenard
Yannick
Pio Marmaï
Blanche Gardin
Sébastien Chassagne
Agnès Hurstel
Jean-Paul Solal
Laurent Nicolas
Mustapha Abourachid

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Quentin Dupieux
Writers: Quentin Dupieux
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Quentin Dupieux, shot by Quentin Dupieux. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Quentin Dupieux shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Raphaël Quenard and Pio Marmaï and Blanche Gardin carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt28236368 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Quentin Dupieux directs. Quentin Dupieux behind the camera. Quentin Dupieux cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Directed by Quentin Dupieux, shot by Quentin Dupieux. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Quentin Dupieux shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Raphaël Quenard and Pio Marmaï and Blanche Gardin carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt28236368 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 14 themes, including "gun", "hostage", "boredom", "hostage situation".

The technical file

Cinematography: Quentin Dupieux
Editing: Quentin Dupieux
Production design: Bruno Hadjadj
Costume design: Elfie Carlier
Makeup / hair: Margo Rousse Malpat
VFX supervisor: Guillaume Le Gouez
Runtime: 67 min · 1h 7m
Status: Released
Box office: $3,500,000
Original language: FR
IMDB: Yannick (2023)

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CinemaSerf2024-05-16
★ 7/10
We've all been to the theatre and wondered what we were doing there? Rarely, though, have any of us stood up to complain about the lacklustre performance directly to those on the stage. Well "Yannick" (Raphaël Quenard) does precisely that moaning that he's taken a day off work and spent his time and money on their presentation of "Le Cocu" that's not exactly enthralling him. Initially the talent engage, then they send him packing. Undeterred, he returns shortly afterwards with a gun, demands a laptop, a printer and devises a script for them to improve on their efforts. Yes, it's all fairly far-fetched and for a while I wasn't sure whether "Yannick" was actually the fourth cast member of the ensemble in to shake things up a bit. Certainly, the theatre goers never look very intimidated by their "captor". It is that ambiguity and an entertaining Quenard rendition that makes this quite a quirky watch that though it goes on too long, is actually at times quite an innovate piece of characterful cinema-cum-theatre that has just enough of the plausible about it to make it funny sometimes. It runs out of steam completely at the end, but the first forty minutes or so are original and worth a watch.

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