Slack Bay Ma Loute
The bourgeois and extremely eccentric Van Peteghem family have settled in for another summer at their cliff-top villa overlooking the picturesque Slack Bay. Their leisurely rhythm of sunbathing and seaside constitutionals is soon interrupted by the arrival of two bumbling inspectors investigating a string of tourists gone missing.
As the macabre mysteries mount and love blossoms between the family's genderqueer teen and the son of a local fisherman, the slapstick is ratcheted up to eleven. It's no wonder director Bruno Dumont (Li'l Quinquin, Camille Claudel 1915) cites Peter Sellers, Monty Python, and Laurel and Hardy as cinematic influences for his delightful foray into winking, absurdist farce.
Nominated for the Palm d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
"A spirited and often gorgeous film" - Glenn Kenny, The New York Times
Running Time
123 mins
Year
2016
Kanopy ID
6320843
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Comments (2)
Well done in a style that I find off-putting. For a complete, positive and fair summary read Richard Brody's review in the New Yorker, "Bruno Dumont's Self-Surpassing Inventiveness in Slack Bay". The themes and artistry weren't lost on me but I respectfully wish I'd watched something else.
This is so over the top! Fantastic.... the cinematography is stellar - the framing of the shots (gorgeous), camera movement, and color saturation. What cracked me up was the sound. Listen. The story is wild and it gets wilder as you progress. Macabre but sweet, in a really twisted way. ...Read more
This is so over the top! Fantastic.... the cinematography is stellar - the framing of the shots (gorgeous), camera movement, and color saturation. What cracked me up was the sound. Listen. The story is wild and it gets wilder as you progress. Macabre but sweet, in a really twisted way. Amazing vistas. Actors chewing the scenery but it all works. The last couple of minutes are hilarious and breathtaking. Loved this. Merci, Bruno Dumont!
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