Keep an Eye Out
Appearance
Keep an Eye Out! | |
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French: Au poste ! | |
Directed by | Quentin Dupieux |
Written by | Quentin Dupieux |
Produced by | Mathieu & Thomas Verhaeghe Cédric Iland Nadia Khamlichi Adrian Politowski |
Starring | Benoît Poelvoorde Grégoire Ludig |
Cinematography | Quentin Dupieux |
Edited by | Quentin Dupieux |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Diaphana Films (France) |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $624.000[1] |
Keep an Eye Out! (French: Au poste!) is a 2018 French black comedy film written and directed by Quentin Dupieux. The film's French title literally means "To the police station!". The film is notable for having a running time of only 73 minutes.[2] Most of the action takes place in the interrogation room and involves a policeman and his suspect.
Plot
The commissaire de police Buron is investigating the murder of a man found in a pool of blood by Fugain. Fugain is considered the main suspect in the crime and what follows is the all-night interrogation of the suspect.
Cast
- Benoît Poelvoorde as Commissaire Buron
- Grégoire Ludig as Fugain
- Marc Fraize as Philippe
- Anaïs Demoustier as Fiona
- Orelsan as Sylvain
- Philippe Duquesne as Champonin
- Jacky Lambert as Franchet / Carine Lustain
- Jeanne Rosa as Narta
- Vincent Grass as Daniel
- Michel Hazanavicius as The cop #1
- Pedro Winter as The cop #2
- Alain Chabat as The scream
Critical reception
The French cinema site AlloCiné gave the film a rating of 3.8/5 stars based on 30 reviews.[3] At the 9th Magritte Awards, Poelvoorde was nominated for Best Actor.[4]
References
- ^ "Au Poste!". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ ""Au poste !" : les comédies les plus courtes sont souvent les meilleures". Télérama.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ AlloCine, Au Poste !: Les critiques presse, retrieved 20 July 2018
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (14 January 2019). "'Girl,' 'Above the Law' Lead Belgium Film Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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