Mubi Trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s ‘Yannick’ About an Interrupted Play
by Alex Billington
March 29, 2024
Source: YouTube
“What’s my name again?” Mubi has unveiled an official trailer for an absurdity, meta French comedy called Yannick, the second film from 2023 by the wacky French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux. This premiered at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival last year and will be streaming on Mubi starting in April. Dupieux never stops working! Smoking Causes Coughing was released last year, and he also brought Daaaaaali! in Venice and this one in Locarno, plus he has another new film rumored for Cannes 2024. In this – on a rare night off, parking attendant Yannick goes to the theater to catch a production of the comedy The Cuckold (aka “Le Cocu”). Dissatisfied by the boring performance, Yannick hijacks the show: he takes the theater hostage and demands to become the playwright. This film stars Raphaël Quenard as Yannick, Pio Marmaï, Blanche Gardin and Sébastien Chassagne. Shot in secret in just 6 days, this award-winning comedy is ready to make you laugh your ass off. Looks kooky, a wickedly smart satire about why audiences can be real assholes.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Quentin Dupieux’s film Yannick, direct from Mubi’s YouTube:
DJ-turned-filmmaker Quentin Dupieux returns again with the Locarno-prize winning comedy Yaninck, an absurdist tale navigating the relationship between artists and audiences. On a rare night off, the car park guard Yannick attends a production of the play “Le Cocu.” Dissatisfied by the performance, he hijacks the show and demands to be made the playwright in order to get his valuable time back. Despite the ridicule, he is determined to prove even a car park guard can create good entertainment. Yannick is directed by acclaimed French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux, director of many films including Nonfilm, Steak, Rubber, Wrong, Wrong Cops, Reality, Keep an Eye Out, Deerskin, Mandibles, Incredible But True, Smoking Causes Coughing, and Daaaaaali!. It’s produced by Thomas Verhaeghe, Mathieu Verhaeghe, Hugo Sélignac, and Quentin Dupieux. This initially premiered at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival last year and already opened in France. Mubi debuts Dupieux’s Yannick streaming on Mubi starting April 5th, 2024 this spring. Curious?
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