Summer 1910. Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast. Infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy soon gather that the epicenter of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site where the Slack river and the sea join only at high tide.
Juliette Binoche is amongst the esteemed players classing up Bruno Dumont's exuberant farce.
With its bestial themes, conceptual humour and cartoonish thespians, this consciously arch farce will intrigue some and infuriate others.
Bruno Dumont’s wacky, macabre crime comedy, starring Juliette Binoche and Fabrice Luchini, is very strange and very funny.
Long, repetitive and not especially funny Slack Bay looks fantastic but is more of a chore than a delight.
Pratfalls, cannibalism and levitation – there’s something for everyone.
A bumbling detective’s size is played for laughs in Bruno Dumont’s dreary black comedy.
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