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A serial killer with a bird scarf and the audacity to call it comedy.
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The Red Ibis (1975)

unhingedabsurdist noirFrench chaos

Overview

ComedyCrime

A mentally disturbed man named Jérémie is scouring the area in search of women he can strangle with his scarf, which is embroidered with an ibis.

Flag of FRFRFrench
Content warning
obsession and ritualbanality of evilsocietal rotperformance of innocence

Standout Aspects

Acting

Michel Serrault's sweaty, twitchy desperation as Jérémie.

Direction

Mocky's gleeful tonal whiplash between horror and slapstick.

Costume

That cursed ibis scarf—character design in one accessory.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you question your taste in films.·Streaming: French New Wave completists hunting obscurities.·Friends: Friends who argue whether it's genius or unwatchable.
Heads up:Violence: Multiple strangulations played for uncomfortable laughs.·Disturbing: Mental illness as punchline; deeply 1975 energy.
Jean-Pierre Mocky

Director

Jean-Pierre Mocky

ReleasedMay 21, 1975
Runtime1h 30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feellight
M. Films
Les Films de l'Epée

Top Cast

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

Jérémie

Michel Galabru

Michel Galabru

Raymond

Evelyne Buyle

Evelyne Buyle

Evelyne

Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Zizi

Jean Le Poulain

Jean Le Poulain

Margos

Maurice Vallier

Maurice Vallier

Hervé

Jean Cherlian

Jean Cherlian

l'interprète grec

Michel Francini

Michel Francini

Ratin

Antoine Mayor

Antoine Mayor

le chauffeur de taxi

Rosine Young

Rosine Young

Elisabeth Lolo

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Michel Simon's final film role—Mocky cast the 80-year-old legend knowing he was dying, and Simon reportedly forgot his lines constantly, which Mocky kept in the cut.

Cultural

Released the same year as Salò, this represents France's other 1975 obsession: respectable bourgeois society concealing grotesque violence beneath manicured surfaces.

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