Deerskin

Name: Deerskin
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Released: May 1, 2020
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Adele Haenel, Albert Delpy, Caroline Piette, Coralie Russier, Franck Lebreton

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Diaphana Films | Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2020 | NR

Starring: Adele Haenel, Albert Delpy, Caroline Piette, Coralie Russier, Franck Lebreton, Géraldine Schitter, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Nicolas, Marie Bunel, Panayotis Pascot, Pierre Gommé, Stéphane Jobert

Summary: A recent divorcee (Jean Dujardin) becomes obsessed with a vintage fringed deerskin jacket that begins to exert an uncanny hold on him. Set in a sleepy French alpine village, he falls into the guise of an independent filmmaker and befriends a trusting bartender and aspiring editor (Adèle Haenel) who becomes his collaborator on a movie thatA recent divorcee (Jean Dujardin) becomes obsessed with a vintage fringed deerskin jacket that begins to exert an uncanny hold on him. Set in a sleepy French alpine village, he falls into the guise of an independent filmmaker and befriends a trusting bartender and aspiring editor (Adèle Haenel) who becomes his collaborator on a movie that will document a surprising new goal he sets himself.… Expand

Director: Quentin Dupieux

Genre(s): Horror, Comedy

Rating: NR

Runtime: 77 min

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The Playlist Bradley Warren

May 15, 2019

A hilarious and twisted festival amuse-bouche with tremendous cult appeal. Read full review

Empire John Nugent

Jul 12, 2021

The most terrifying fashion film since The Devil Wears Prada, Deerskin is a deliciously ridiculous farce played largely straight. This is a jacket you will feel the benefit of. Read full review

Donald Clarke

Jul 16, 2021

Dupieux is flogging no message. He’s inviting us to take risks on a ride that is as unpredictable as it is spooky. And it’s all done in under 80 minutes. There is nothing else like it out there. Read full review

Ty Burr

Apr 30, 2020

This tale of a leather coat that wants to be God may not be the director’s finest work, but it’s certainly more than a fringe benefit. Read full review

Monica Castillo

May 4, 2020

Following the stylish mountain man as he reverts to his base, feral nature, the movie itself feels sparse, almost minimalistic. It’s stripped down to its barest essentials, just a crazed individual under the influence of the illusion of masculine power. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

May 15, 2019

It’s hard to shake the feeling that Dupieux’s outré premise would have worked better as a short, as the unusual narrative struggles to make the scenario palatable even at the bare minimum for a feature-length treatment. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Apr 30, 2020

A tedious mix of Reno 9-1-1 awkward humor and the queasy provocation in Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!, it felt like Dupieux was trying too hard, and Deerskin feels like the injection of the leather obsession just never quite meshes with the rest of the story. Read full review

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TejasNair

Sep 27, 2020

In a role that was made for Jean Dujardin, he acts like he has been doing this for a long time. By 'this' I mean executing an eccentric project that is about to take over his life and muddle his relationship with the world. And by 'the world' I mean the sorry village that his GeorgesIn a role that was made for Jean Dujardin, he acts like he has been doing this for a long time. By 'this' I mean executing an eccentric project that is about to take over his life and muddle his relationship with the world. And by 'the world' I mean the sorry village that his Georges character travels to after buying a vintage jacket made of 100% deerskin which also marks his obsession with it, something that both induces laughter in its audience and also highlights the crazy, primal nature of obsessive compulsion characterized by depression, loneliness, and unconditional enmity against the humankind. I have no words to describe the virulent turn Le daim (Deerskin) takes as Georges laughingly has his way by conspiring with himself to take forward his obsession with his deerskin jacket, which I should add is 'killer style' in his own words. Whether it is the inflated price that he pays for the second-hand jacket or the newfound skill of videography or mistaking a film editor with a creditor, Le daim has been written in a way that is guaranteed to make you laugh every five minutes. The outlandish plot, accentuated by terrific performances by Dujardin and Adele Haenel (who acts with her face and that's enough) and also by the peculiar style of referral writing (where the aftermath of an event in a scene is shown in the following one or the one after that) by director-writer Quentin Dupieux makes this comedy crime drama a blast experience. I can't recommend it more and I am definitely going to be watching more of Dupieux's work. Bravo! TN.

(Watched and reviewed at its India premiere at the 21st MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.)… Expand

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DawdlingPoet

Jan 10, 2022

This is a somewhat mysterious film - not really what I'd call a horror film, although it is unsettling at times and there are the ocassional moment that may make you want to look away from the screen but its by no means a constant jumpscare type film throughout. Its got quite a plodding feelThis is a somewhat mysterious film - not really what I'd call a horror film, although it is unsettling at times and there are the ocassional moment that may make you want to look away from the screen but its by no means a constant jumpscare type film throughout. Its got quite a plodding feel to it for the most part, indeed the music played in the background is what you might hear on an old fashioned PI type show. It has a claustrophobic feel to it as well. I'm not entirely sure what to make of it - its bizarre but not unwatchable, with an intriguing main character. I'd recommend this if it sounds of interest, for the 'curiosity factor' alone although perhaps not to the extremely squeamish and I suppose the plot isn't 100% original but otherwise its an intriguing enough watch, yes.… Expand

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netflic

Jul 11, 2020

This is an absurd movie from a French director Quentin Dupieux.I sometimes like absurd movies if they are funny, and they, again, sometimes are. This one was not, unfortunately. A middle-aged man spent a lot of money on a deerskin jacket and became obsessed with it. He started talking to theThis is an absurd movie from a French director Quentin Dupieux.I sometimes like absurd movies if they are funny, and they, again, sometimes are. This one was not, unfortunately. A middle-aged man spent a lot of money on a deerskin jacket and became obsessed with it. He started talking to the jacket, and the jacket talked back. At first the movie was intriguing but then it became quite dark. That grim absurdity did not appeal to me.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Aug 1, 2020

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The absurdity and nonsense that cease to be denounced (Ferreri, Van Sant) to be simply exposed, reduplicated, mirrored are useful only to madmen as the director and his protagonist. "Pleasant, engaging, fun": where, when, why? And if cinema is reduced like this, the pandemic(Mauro Lanari)
The absurdity and nonsense that cease to be denounced (Ferreri, Van Sant) to be simply exposed, reduplicated, mirrored are useful only to madmen as the director and his protagonist. "Pleasant, engaging, fun": where, when, why? And if cinema is reduced like this, the pandemic frees us from this acuteness of pseudartistic dementia.… Expand

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