SHOWING on

Dir: Bruno Dumont - HD Digital presentation - 2 hrs 2 mins The   setting   is   a   lovely   stretch   of   the   French   coast   in   the   summer   of 1910,   where   a   couple   of   bizarre   cops   arrive,   one   fat   and   one   thin, dressed   in   black   suits   and   bowlers   like   Laurel   and   Hardy.   These unlikely     officers     are     investigating     a     string     of     mysterious disappearances:   people   have   been   vanishing   from   the   beach   – holidaymakers, not locals. In   Slack   Bay   live   two   families.   The   “haves”   are   the   wealthy   Van Peteghems,   whose   patriarch,   André   (Fabrice   Luchini),   a   simpering hunchback,    presides    (after    a    fashion)    over    an    ominous    stone manse   on   a   hill   overlooking   the   bay.   The   “have-nots”   are   the Bruforts,   whose   own   patriarch   is   nicknamed   the   Eternal.   They   run a   ferry   service   in   which   the   Eternal   and   his   oldest   son,   called   Ma Loute   (also   the   film’s   French   title),   often   hand-carry   passengers over   a   marsh.   Sometimes   they   use   a   boat.   And   on   these   trips   they sometimes   bludgeon   their   passengers   to   death,   take   the   bodies   to their humble home….. and eat them. This   is   a   film   you’ll   either   love   or   hate   -   it’s   cinema   of   the   absurd with   a   tone   reminiscent   of   Ionesco’s   The   Bald   Prima   Donna,   a bizarre,   grotesque   black   comedy   that   swerves   into   inexplicable events,   with   the   joke   so   over   the   top   that   it’s   stretched   as   far   as   it can go “Ma Loute” - a French film with English subtitles.

SLACK BAY

FRIDAY, 15th MARCH - 8pm

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