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In 1910, mysterious disappearances cause an uproar in the Bay Slack region. The infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy arrive to investigate. They soon meet the Brufort family, whose father, a local fisherman, finds it difficult to control the impetuous Ma Loute. At the Van Peteghem mansion, located across the bay, a degenerate bourgeois family is spending the summer. Soon, more confusion and mystery will fall upon both families when Ma loute and the young Billie Van Peteghem start a romance. A fruitcake burlesque comedy from director Bruno Dumont. Cannes’ Official Competition 2016.
Bruno Dumont
1958, Bailleul, France. Filmography: The Life of Jesus (Caméra D’Or Special Mention at Cannes, 1997), Humanity (Grand Prix at Cannes, 1999), Twentynine Palms (Venice, 2003), Flanders (Grand Prix at Cannes, 2006), Hadewijch (San Sebastian and Toronto, 2009), Outside Satan (Jury Prize at Cannes, 2011), Camille Claudel 1915 (Berlin, 2013), and Lil’ Quinquin (Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, 2014).
