"Everything revolves around my character, Florence." Kino Lorber debuted their official US trailer for the film The Second Act, one of the recent creations from ingenious French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux. The Second Act, also known as Le deuxième acte, actually premiered a few years ago as the Opening Night film at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. But it never got a US release - maybe a bit too wacky for US viewers. Now it's finally out on VOD/DVD here this fall. The film stars Léa Seydoux as Florence, Louis Garrel as David, Vincent Lindon as Guillaume, and Raphaël Quenard as Willy, Manuel Guillot as Stephane and Françoise Gazio as Rose. Here is the setup: Florence (Seydoux) wants to introduce David (Garrel), the man she's madly in love with, to her father, Guillaume (Lindon). But David isn't attracted to Florence and wants to throw her into the arms of his friend Willy (Quenard) instead. The four characters meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere (called "Le deuxième acte" or The Second Act in French). The title and the entire concept of the film is a riff on cinema - it's the "second act" of a film without the first or third part of it included. Just people meeting up and talking and walking. It's hilarious! I laughed and laughed at this. // Continue Reading ›