Review of “Jaws” (2020): Quentin Dupio’s surreal summer comedy about a giant fly

This year we have Quentin Dupio twice: “Unbelievable But True” arrived in April and “Smoking Coughs” on September 8th. It’s time to get the “jaws” back, One of his most surreal comedies which you can already see filming.

Dude, where’s my fly?

Manu and Jan Gap Two very silly friends met a giant fly one day in the trunk of a stolen car. Faced with such a discovery, they have no better idea than to train a fly to see if they can make money with it.

Jaws is a 2020 movie Written and directed by Quentin Dupio (“Suede jacket”). It lasts 74 minutes It stars Gregoire Ludig (“Shy Anonymous”), David Marsais (“Goodbye, Idiots”) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (“The Life of Adèle”).

Doppio’s tenth feature film It is the easiest and probably the most fun as well. The director and screenwriter chooses a simple and concise story, to tell us what he wants to tell us in a really short period of time.

The film does not hide and is true at all times: it is a comedy about two stupid and stupid people, with which tends towards fantasy which leads to the emergence of a large number of funny gagswhere the two heroes try to train the giant fly.

As a comedy, it works like a charm (thankfully, far from the stereotype we’re sold of “the highest-grossing comedies in France”), thanks to The silly sense of humor and the showcasing of the characters, each one more fascinating And Farhan.

Gregoire Ludwig and David Marsais play the adorable duo of friends (“Torooo!”), but the real revelation of the film is The comedic face of Adele ExarchopoulosWhich gives life to a brilliant and compelling character in one of the funniest scenes in modern cinema.

Hilarious as well as absurd show Who is committed to simplicity and who, in the end, is the pretext to tell us a beautiful story of friendship, without preaching or any other purpose than to celebrate the relationship between the two characters, including its moments of stupidity.

“Jaws” is A bright and optimistic comedy that defends friendship (and stupidity) with lots of humor and great touches. Full of silly moments and at a really dynamic pace, it’s an unbeatable option to get close to Dupieux cinema, if you haven’t yet.

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