Louis just found the corpse of a man in front of his apartment building. Taken in for custody by Captain Buron, he finds himself on the wrong end of a surreal interrogation. But how can you prove you are innocent when the cops are crazy?
Direction
Dupieux's signature deadpan absurdism in tight 73 minutes
Acting
Poelvoorde's unhinged commissioner steals every frame
Writing
Circular logic that traps you and the protagonist equally
Director
Quentin Dupieux
Benoît Poelvoorde
Commissioner Buron
Grégoire Ludig
Louis Fugain, the suscpect
Marc Fraize
Philippe, the one-eyed policeman
Anaïs Demoustier
Fiona, Philippe's wife
Philippe Duquesne
Champonin
Jacky Lambert
Franchet / Carine Lustain
Orelsan
Sylvain Buron, the son
Vincent Grass
Daniel
Jeanne Rosa
Narta
Laurent Nicolas
The conductor in red underpants
Michel Hazanavicius
Policeman 1
Pedro Winter
Policeman 2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dupieux shot this in 6 days with essentially one set, embracing theatrical constraints as creative fuel.
The 'huis clos' structure deliberately mirrors Sartre's No Exit — three people trapped in hell, except here hell is French bureaucracy.
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