It was commissioned and made as a fourpart series, and dumont has stated in interviews that he was told not to have too many long shots because they do not play as well on tv never fear. While it apparently will be released in english speaking territories in the same fashion, its purposeful structure does make it seem better. Betrayal part 1 of 4 the real game of thrones timeline duration. Shown as one epic, 197minute film in the cannes directors fortnight sidebar, lil quinquin confirms that, even in continental europe, some of cinemas name auteurs have no qualms about.
Li l quinquin has an impressive girlfriend, played by lucy caron, cute, intelligent and needs li l for some reason. Monsieur le commandantsporting a cartoon mustache, clad in granddad windbreaker, constantly and. Originally premiering as a film at the 2014 cannes film festival in may and subsequently for international releases, it was broadcast in september 2014 as a miniseries on french television. This makes lil quinquin as troubling as any other dumont film, and tv viewers unfamiliar with the directors work may resent being led up the garden path by so prickly a subversion of. Warren spratley this great, great, great comedy is a tonal high wire act that doesnt ever really falter. Still from the film chiraq, directed and cowritten by spike lee. Even more endearingly offkilter than kumiko was the fourhourlong lil quinquin. Shown as one epic, 197minute film in the cannes directors fortnight sidebar, lil quinquin confirms that, even in continental europe, some.
Lil quinquin bruno dumont becomes the latest arthouse auteur to try his hand at longform tv with a wonderfully weird and unexpectedly hilarious murder mystery. Lil quinquin does feature an unpredecented amount meaning any at all, really of intentional humor, but its still a bruno dumont movie through and through, for better and worse. Sep 10, 2014 so while as a film, lil quinquin is screened in dcp scope 2. An improbable, screwball, and slapstick police investigation into bizarre crimes on the outskirts of a small channel town in the boulonnais that has fallen prey to evil, and to a band of young scoundrels led by lil quinquin and his beloved eve. But simply speaking, lil quinquin is a wonderfully weird and unexpectedly hilarious scott foundas, variety masterwork. Ptit quinquins alane delhaye home is a tiny village in northern france. Jan 05, 2015 there is much talk about whether lil quinquin, the latest from bruno dumont camille claudel 1915, lhumanite, flandres is a tv series or a film.
Murder, cows and bad funerals in the absurd comedy of li. A second season of bruno dumonts lil quinquin is on. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. Alane delhaye, lucy caron, bernard pruvost, philippe jore, philippe peuvion, lisa hartmann, julien bodard, corentin carpentier part of. Documentary has been in the grip of a shapeshifting transformation, thanks to shifts in technologies, genre, journalism, and the status of evidence and veracity. Stefan dreess rating of the film lil quinquin part 1. Dont expect stunning visuals or much in terms of spectacle. Originally premiering as a film at the 2014 cannes film festival in may and subsequently for international releases, it was broadcast in september 2014 as a miniseries on french television a sequel, coincoin and the extrahumans coincoin et les zinhumains. Bruno dumont on why tiff comedy lil quinquin feels like. While li l quinquin arguably works better if viewed in four separate pieces, its another unique film from dumont, whose knack for comedy is as delightfully off center as his more dramatic entries. The slow pacing narration is wonderful, so the camera gets time to capture the environment and to show the everyday rural background of the people.
Its early days, but it looks like we may have just found our most anticipated tv show of 2018. Lil quinquin is a tragicomic film, because it is a dog chasing its tail. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lil quinquin near you. Emphasis on evil, present from the outset, becomes more and more prominent, and by the beginning of the final episode things are looking grim.
While lil quinquin arguably works better if viewed in four separate pieces, its another unique film from dumont, whose knack for comedy is as delightfully off center as his more dramatic entries. Dumonts foray into miniseries format filled with his brand of peculiar humor provocative auteur bruno dumont lets loose his comedic side with a four part miniseries, lil quinquin, shown as one long piece at the cannes film festival. To give you context of this strange little oddity coming from this filmmaker, the guardian perfectly explained it all with this headline. The bumbling rural police detective in bruno dumonts lil quinquin appears to have only the most tenuous grasp of the grisly mystery uncovered in his sleepy farm community. That guy became the international flavorofthe film festcicruit in the 1980s, achieved his biggest commercial success in 2010, and has a new film in competition at cannes right now. At the heart of evil lil quinquin, along with his friends kevin and jordan, embark on terrorising two young immigrant boys. Lil quinquin, a new mystery by bruno dumont the new. Ptit quinquin s alane delhaye home is a tiny village in northern france. Philippe jore, bernard pruvost, lucy caron, alane delhaye. He, his friends and his girlfriend eve lucy caron drive around. While it apparently will be released in english speaking territories in the. A second season of bruno dumonts lil quinquin is on the way. He jumps into the film and just as quickly jumps right back out.
The title is a reference to nietzsches the gay science. Dubbed an epic farce by the new york film festival, lil quinquin has been compared to twin peaks and true detective. Scott foundas, variety a pair of bumbling small town detectives investigate a hilariously strange mystery involving murder, madness and farm animals in director bruno dumonts oneofakind comedythriller lil quinquin. Whats more, while it was originally made as a fourpart tv miniseries, it doesnt feel a bit like television. Jul 09, 2015 at any rate, ptit quinquin revisits the themes and tropes of dumonts early film lhumanite 1999. Lil quinquin 2014 letterboxd social film discovery. Murder, cows and bad funerals in the absurd comedy of lil. Jan 06, 2020 lil quinquin bruno dumont, 2014, france dumont provides a masterclass in contradiction and tonal contrast throughout his four involving parts. Alane delhaye, plays the quinquin, he is a funny looking kid and lives on a farm with his family, mother, father, grandparents and an uncle who has some form of mental illness.
Many of the actors in the film seem to sport some type of disability or deformity. Murder, cows and bad funerals in the absurd comedy of lil quinquin bruno dumonts inconclusively plotted story of a boy crossing paths with detectives and. Jan 02, 2015 murder, cows and bad funerals in the absurd comedy of lil quinquin bruno dumonts inconclusively plotted story of a boy crossing paths with detectives and other locals was made as a miniseries. May 22, 2014 shown as one epic, 197minute film in the cannes directors fortnight sidebar, lil quinquin confirms that, even in continental europe, some of cinemas name auteurs have no qualms about. So while as a film, lil quinquin is screened in dcp scope 2. The thing youll remember about ptit quinquin, over even the most perfectly timed joke or the adorably misshapen head of quinquin, is the face of bernard pruvost, as the detective protecting his flock from the murderer.
As it progresses, however, it slowly metamorphoses into a regular old dumont film albeit still a much funnier one than usual, with fewer grotesque provocations. Provocative auteur bruno dumont lets loose his comedic side with a four part miniseries, lil quinquin, shown as one long piece at the cannes film festival. Festival, lil quinquin has been compared to twin peaks and true detective. Not since the 1980swhen the invention of camcorders, vhs tape, and vcr machines, alongside the debut of cable television, fueled the last great upheavalhas the field been so explosively inventive and. The human beast stefan drees a very promising start. Mar 25, 2015 festival, lil quinquin has been compared to twin peaks and true detective.
Not uproariously funny like some claim, but definitely chuckle worthy, lil quinquin is a better portrait of a small french town and the wacky people who live there than it is a murder mystery. But its also set up exactly like an offbeat mystery novel, complete with an eccentric, memorably named, creatureofhabit detective lt. Not uproariously funny like some claim, but definitely chuckle worthy, li l quinquin is a better portrait of a small french town and the wacky people who live there than it is a murder mystery. A murder mystery that opens with the discovery of human body parts stuffed inside a cow on the outskirts of a small channel town in northern france. By nicolas rapold in the septemberoctober 2014 issue.
Lil quinquin showtimes a wonderfully weird and unexpectedly hilarious murder mystery. Lil quinquin is a quasiepic farce that mostly wears a poker face as it elaborates his continuing obsession with the collision of humankinds bestial and spiritual impulses. Dumonts foray into miniseries format filled with his brand of peculiar humor. I suppose its true that, to most people outside our own little coterie, the cannes film festival means just about. Lil quinquin has an impressive girlfriend, played by lucy caron, cute, intelligent and needs lil for some reason. That guy became the international flavorofthefilmfestcicruit in the 1980s, achieved his biggest commercial success in 2010, and has a new film in competition at cannes right now. Although, its debatable exactly how important the mystery is, or if its even the point. Jan 02, 2015 lil quinquin is a quasiepic farce that mostly wears a poker face as it elaborates his continuing obsession with the collision of humankinds bestial and spiritual impulses. Lil quinquin bruno dumont, 2014, france dumont provides a masterclass in contradiction and tonal contrast throughout his four involving parts. Theres funny, and then theres sublimely hysterical. With alane delhaye, lucy caron, bernard pruvost, philippe jore.