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This screening will be introduced by Sophie Hopmeier, Australian Cinémathèque.

Please note: this screening has been moved from its previously advertised date of Wednesday 25 September.

When a spate of mysterious and surreal deaths start plaguing a bucolic seaside village, the investigation by Detective Van der Weyden (Bernard Pruvost) is closely observed by Quinquin (Alane Delhaye) and his scallywag group of friends. Listed by Cahiers du Cinéma as number three on their top ten films of the decade, P'tit Quinquin, which was released both as a feature film and as a four-part miniseries, straddles the conventions of cinema and television. Featuring mesmerising performances by locals from Picardy in Northern France, many of whom are actors with disabilities, Bruno Dumont’s starkly tragicomic slapstick farce casts an unflinching gaze on the ambiguities of human nature, which is at once absurd, grotesque and tender.

Ages 15+ | Mature themes and nudity