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Quentin Dupieux is one of the most prolific and inventive French filmmakers today, and it is “incredible but true” (to quote the title of one of his many films) that the Sacramento French Film Festival has not presented any of his work yet. In 2024, we are making up for it! We are delighted to give you the experience of watching not just one but two Dupieux comedies. The 23rd Sacramento French Film Festival will open with a “Dupieux Double Feature”: Daaaaaali ! (2024, in its U.S. Premiere), followed by Yannick (2023). In Sacramento as in Cannes, but with twice the fun! Both films are a little over one hour long, so it’s almost like watching one regular-length movie! The evening also includes a 20-minute intermission. FRIDAY, JUNE 7 - OPENING NIGHT - 6:30pm - TOWER THEATRE Doors open at 5:30pm for pop music on the Tower Terrazzo with DJ Roger (no host bar)! |
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In Daaaaaali !, a young and eager French journalist repeatedly meets artist Salvador Dalí for a documentary film project that never seems to quite get started... The delightful Anaïs Demoustier (also in Along Came Love playing this year at the SFFF, and from Alice and the Mayor – SFFF 2020) is Judith, the journalist. Several actors take turns as Dalí, reminiscent of how multiple actors portrayed Bob Dylan in I’m Not There. Here, it is Gilles Lellouche (All Your Faces – 2023 Fall Virtual Screenings, Sink or Swim – SFFF 2019), Édouard Baer, Jonathan Cohen, Pio Marmaï (also in Yannick, and from The Divide – SFFF 2022), and Didier Flamand playing Dalí. The result is definitely not a biopic. It is a hilarious and surreal homage to the “Master” and the outrageous and egocentric persona Dalí created for himself. The spelling of the title evokes the exaggerated way Dalí liked to pronounce his own name. Better to let Dupieux’s production notes introduce the film: “To write and direct this tribute, I connected with Salvador Dalí's cosmic consciousness and let myself be guided, eyes closed. First, the Master ordered me to summon several brilliant actors to play his character (too complex for just one man), then together we visited Buñuel to steal a few images and ideas, then he led me by force into the depths of his morbid anguish and into his dreams to guide me, and finally I just about regained control of my film, to simply make it a declaration of love to this man. As Dalí himself said, his personality was probably his greatest masterpiece. My film modestly tells that story.” Thomas Bangalter, one half of the French electronic duo, Daft Punk, wrote the catchy soundtrack. |
U.S. PREMIERE! REVIEWS Quentin Dupieux is completely insane; and this is meant as an extreme compliment. Funny, weird and totally awesome. |
DIRECTOR: Quentin Dupieux CAST: France, 2024 U.S. Distribution: |
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If Daaaaaali ! is all about celebrity, Yannick is about the average guy. Yannick takes place almost entirely in a small Parisian theater, where a sparsely-attended performance of a mediocre production of Le Cocu (The Cuckold) is underway. An unsatisfied spectator, Yannick (Raphaël Quenard), a night watchman living in a distant suburb, interrupts the actors to complain that he is not getting his money’s worth in entertainment value. Mayhem ensues. Better to not say more about this short, unusual, and hilarious comedy with a tender heart that was a surprising box office hit in France last summer. As usual, Quentin Dupieux says it best: “99% of films are boring. This one is not.” Besides the up and coming Quenard (All Your Faces – 2023 Fall Virtual Screenings, and Hard Shell, Soft Shell – SFFF 2022), Yannick stars stand-up comedian Blanche Gardin (Everybody Loves Jeanne – SFFF 2023) and Pio Marmaï – who is one of the Dalís in the other half of the Dupieux Double Feature, Daaaaaali ! |
ABSURDIST COMEDY REVIEWS A Brechtian Heckler Hijacks the Show in Quentin Dupieux’s Absurdist Delight (…) Dupieux’s Best Film. Dupieux reveals the dark and terribly human side of his cinema. You won't forget this Yannick anytime soon. The result is as funny as it is touching and Raphaël Quenard confirms that he is one of the most exciting French actors to follow today. |
DIRECTOR: Quentin Dupieux CAST: France, 2023 International Sales: |
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