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