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Yannick (2023)

Yannick (2023)

7.4

Quentin Dupieux interrogates his audience in this hour long hostage situation

Movie

France
French
Comedy, Drama
2023

TLDR

Please do not try this at your local theater.

What it's about

At a Parisian theater, disgruntled heckler Yannick interrupts the Le Cocu comedic play to rewrite the show to his direction.

The take

It can be very frustrating to watch something, hoping that the show, play, or film would be worth watching, and find yourself feeling worse after the experience. Most of us end up just changing the channel, leaving the theater, or finding something else to watch, but instead of doing any of this, Yannick depicts the titular audience member interrupting the show with a gun. You can already imagine how tense the situation is, but Quentin Dupieux infuses a comedic, meta touch in the way Yannick questions and holds the audience hostage, as his conversations with them and the cast reveal the different expectations we have from art.

What stands out

Raphaël Quenard seems so natural as Yannick, that the whole situation seems actually feasible.

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