Mandibules, Quentin Dupieux's newest one-man show (Deerskin, Rubber, Reality), revolves around the “getting rich” fantasy which fits perfectly the universe populated by executioner rubber tires, narcissistic jackets and other absurd manias. Two simple-minded good-for-nothings, Jean Gab (David Marsais) and Manu (Gregoire Ludig), who seem to have some kind of buddy bond for life (which in the 2000s was the recurring subject of the average Hollywood comedies), are given the task of placing a suitcase in the car trunk and transport it from one place to another, on a short distance of just a couple of kilometers. The inevitable obstacles, which might have brought the film into a rut if it weren't for Dupieux, could have been something like misplacing the suitcase or stalling, or maybe even the appearance of some gangsters who were after the suitcase. But here instead, the narrative is dynamited by the sudden appearance of an oversized, ultra snoring fly, which the protagonists first think is a hair dryer. And this is where the initial mission comes to an end - with the suitcase completely out of their minds, the two spend their time and the last of their money trying to train the trophy fly - which looks like some being made out of fabrics, just like in Bertrand Mandico’s Our Lady of The Hormones, in the hope that they could send it on bank jobs or to steal food.

Georgiana Mușat

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Journalist and film critic, with a master's degree in film critics. Collaborates with Scena9, Acoperișul de Sticlă, FILM and FILM Menu magazines. For Films in Frame, she brings the monthly top of films and writes the monthly editorial Panorama, published on a Thursday. In her spare time, she retires in the woods where she pictures other possible lives and flying foxes.

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