The Second Act
Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, and Louis Garrel are among the actors attempting to make their way through the production of a movie none of them seems to like very much in the latest quirkily imaginative meta-movie from Quentin Dupieux.
A movie-within-a-movie (or is it?), the latest quirkily imaginative feature from Quentin Dupieux (Smoking Causes Coughing, Rendez-Vous 2023) is, among other things, a showcase for some of France’s most talented working performers to riff on their own personas to hilarious effect. Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, and Raphaël Quenard are among the actors attempting to make their way through the production of a movie none of them seems to like very much. Repeatedly breaking the fourth wall and irreverently lampooning everything from AI to Paul Thomas Anderson, Dupieux’s meta-movie—the opening night selection at last year’s Cannes Film Festival—is an ebullient and thought-provoking behind-the-scenes comedy that gleefully deconstructs itself, inciting plenty of belly laughs along the way.
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