Rent P'tit Quinquin (2014)
3.3 of 5 from 163 ratings
3h 18min
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- Synopsis:
The last thing expected of Bruno Dumont was a comedy, yet with this absurdist policier set in his usual Northern France, he has achieved just that. Originally conceived as a four-part serial for TV, P'tit Quinquin is simultaneously slapstick, metaphysical and at times genuinely disturbing. Two spectacularly incompetent policemen investigate a series of grisly killings after the victims start to turn up stuffed inside farm animals. Observing their efforts is a band of young scamps, led by P'tit Quinquin, dedicated to causing havoc and generally making a nuisance of themselves. Dumont plays with the conventions of the genre - sensational death, red herrings, weird locals, and of course the two cops with their philosophical musings and catch phrases. The film has been much compared to Twin Peaks, though Dumont says he's never seen it, and to True Detective, but it is notwithstanding very much a work belonging to Dumont's unique universe. - Actors:
- Alane Delhaye, Lucy Caron, Bernard Pruvost, Philippe Jore, Philippe Peuvion, Lisa Hartmann, Julien Bodard, Corentin Carpentier, Pascal Fresch, Jason Cirot, Baptiste Anquez, Stéphane Boutillier, Frédéric Castagno, Andrée Peuvion, Lucien Chaussoy, Cindy Louguet, Céline Sauvage, Bruno Darras, Sébastien Liss, Yacine Kellal
- Directors:
- Bruno Dumont
- Producers:
- Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat, Muriel Merlin
- Creators:
- Bruno Dumont
- Writers:
- Bruno Dumont
- Aka:
- Li'l Quinquin
- Studio:
- New Wave Films
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- France
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Reviews (4) of P'tit Quinquin
TV fodder - P'tit Quinquin review by Alphaville
A minor made-for-TV unfunny absurdist comedy set in a small coastal town in northern France. It was devised as a four-part TV serial and its bland TV aesthetic shows. It unaccountably gained some positive reviews from critics who see no difference between TV and film but if you watch the trailer first you’ll know not to look any further.
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The Cow is There - P'tit Quinquin review by CH
Nobody should turn to this in expectations of its being yet another crime drama. True, It opens with a helicopter descending upon a field in northern France. Nothing unusual in that, even when it proves to be lifting a dead cow from a field.
Except a body had been found in the creature.
A pair of hapless detectives set about solving the case, only to confuse matters as they do so (much careering about in a small car). What with further deaths - and the machinations of a group of children, including the eponymous one whose sour face is something to behold - this is continually unpredictable.
Accept this as a take upon provincial life which lends itself to surreal extrapolation, and here is high entertainment which also includes a view of how people find a place in the society around them.
It is all enough to make one want to see, in a while, the sequel which was made by Dumont four years later.
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Darkly Amusing - P'tit Quinquin review by AL
This came up in my suggested viewing list, and I decided to go with it. I feel an odd feeling of having felt entertained by something that is very un-PC. It's not really about the crimes, more about the very odd characters and their behaviors in different sets of circumstances. I will rent the sequel and hope for something similar to make me feel amused and unsettled.
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