Starring:
Fabrice Luchini
Juliette Binoche
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Jean-Luc Vincent
I explored the humour of it and mocking myself as being a dramatic actress, or being a tragic actress,
or being spiritual and going into layers and just generally laughing
at yourself. I’m not scared to be more and more ridiculous.”
Independent - 28 July '16
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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 epicentre of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site where the Slack river and the sea join only at high tide.
There lives a small community of fishermen and other oyster farmers. Among them evolves a curious family, the Bréforts, renowned ferrymen of the Slack Bay, lead by the father nick-named “The Eternal”, who rules as best as he can on his prankster bunch of sons, especially the impetuous Ma Loute.
Towering high above the bay stands the Van Peteghems’ mansion. Every summer, this bourgeois family – all degenerate and decadent from inbreeding – stagnates in the villa, not without mingling during their leisure hours of walking, sailing or bathing, with the ordinary local people, Ma Loute and the other Bréforts.
Over the course of five days, as starts a peculiar love story between Ma Loute and the young and mischievous Billie van Peteghem, confusion and mysti cation will descend on both families, shaking their convictions, foundations and way of life.
Ma Loute, a burlesque black comedy, marks Juliette Binoche's second turn with Bruno Dumont in the director's chair after the critically acclaimed Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
André Van Peteghem
Aude Van Peteghem
Isabelle Van Peteghem
Christian Van Peteghem
Brandon Lavieville
Raph
Didier Desprès
Cyril Rigaux
Laura Dupré
Fabrice Luchini
Juliette Binoche
Isabelle Van Peteghem
Jean-Luc Vincent
Ma Loute Brufort
Billie Van Peteghem
Machin
Malfoy
Nadège
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
Cinematography by
Production design by
Costume design by
Production manager
First assistant director
Sound by
Stills photographer
Script supervisor
Production companies
Bruno Dumont
Bruno Dumont
Rachid Bouchareb
Jean Bréhat
Muriel Merlin
Guillaume Deffontaines
Riton Dupire-Clément
Alexandra Charles
Cédric Ettouati
Marie Levent
Emmanuel Croset
Roger Arpajou
Virginie Barbay
3B Productions
Arte France Cinéma
Pictanovo Région Nord-Pas-De-Calais
Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion
Memento Films Distribution
"Juliette Binoche goes mesmerically
over the top in this bizarre seaside comedy."
Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian
"Gorgeous, funny and a bit infuriating.
The film thrives on absurdity."
Donald Clarke – The Irish Times
"Ma Loute is a fun, peculiar romp with deeper conceits lurking beneath the surface."
Erik Kohn – Indiewire
a film by Bruno dumont
2016
French teaser with English subtitles
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French trailer with English subtitles
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German trailer
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US trailer
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Cannes Film Festival 2016 - Director and cast interview
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Cannes Film Festival 2016 - Press conference
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Cannes Film Festival 2016 - Red carpet première
"Barberine: Prélude" by Guillaume Lekeu
"Bizet Love Triangle" (from trailer)