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Like a Dirty French Novel
USA 2021
produced by Mike Cuenca for Blvd. Du Cinema Productions
directed by Mike Cuenca
starring Jennifer Daley, Robby Valls, Amanda Viola, Grant Moninger, Aaron Bustos, Miles Dougal, Dominic Fawcett, Joey Halter, Giovanni Marks, Arko Miro, Samantha Nelson, Julie Pepin, Dan Rojay, Brittany Samson, Claire Woolner, Laura Urgelles, Steven Escot, Mike Cuenca
stories by Mike Cuenca, Ashlee Elfman, Dan Rojay, screenplay by Mike Cuenca, Dan Rojay, music by Carlos Colon, Mike Cuenca
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Hue (Robby Valls), who's forced to life with his ex Crystal (Jennifer
Daley) due to the pandemic that forces them into their home together,
receives calls from a mysterious woman, and he doesn't know whether
that ought to turn him on or freak him out ...
- Two guns for hire are to shoot dead Bugs Dooley (Grant Moninger) -
but that they accidently get their hands not on him but his twin
brother Forester is the least of their problems ...
- Esma (Brittany Samson) is so desparate to get her hands on a certain
comicbook that she's willing to go to stupic, maybe even dangerous,
lengths to get it ...
- Lane (Amanda Viola) has only recently moved into town, and with the
lockdown she hasn't been able to make any friends yet - and then she
meets Jake (Aaron Bustos) in the park, and the two hit it off pretty
much immediately - which really is just too good to be true, as before
long he goes missing, and Lane meets his girlfriend, Crystal (from the
opening story) ...
- Crystal has disappeared, and despite their not so great
relationship, Hue quickly gets mighty worried - but then he finds
evidence she time and again comes back to their apartment without him
knowing - and somehow that leads to him joining three robbers (Claire
Woolner, Dan Rojay, Steven Escot) in a painfully underplanned heist
...
- Rather by chance, Hue has bumped into Jake, who has staged his own
disappearance to get away from Crystal, and who seems to be the only
one who knows how everything is tied together ...
Like a Dirty French Novel is a pretty cool pastiche of crime
story mainstays, but put together in a not exactly linear way that's at
times intentionally confusing and where what at first seems to be
vignettes of an anthology sowly fall into one another to paint a picture
that's more than likely to catch its audience by surprise every few
minutes. The result though doesn't feel like a genre movie, more like an
absurd, sometimes even surreal collage that's just fascinating to follow,
and thanks to a dedicated cast and an atmospheric drectorial effort this
has become a very cool, at times trippy and David Lynchean experience
that's not to be missed.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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