Rendez-Vous with French Cinema

[Chris Knipp]

COINCOIN AND THE EXTRA-HUMANS/COINCOIN ET LES Z'INHUMAINS (Bruno Dumont 2018)

A second four-part miniseries from Dumont set in his special part of northeastern France near Calais. Many of the same personalities are back from the first series, "L'il Quinquin." Now, gunk is falling from the sky, an invasion of extraterrestrials, and flashes of light are making people pregnant with their own clones, while an extreme right party meets out of town, people ride around illegally and wildly, the Gendarmerie is inept, the clerics are stupid and perhaps sex offenders, and African refugees wander around. Life as usual. Very much for a special taste, but these goofy, surreal, madcap episodes are highly accomplished especially in their use of non-actors, as before, and tech aspects are ace as well.

Rendez-Vous showtime:
Sunday, March 3, 1:00pm
U.S. Premiere