Monsieur Killerstyle (2019)

Monsieur Killerstyle: Directed by Quentin Dupieux. With Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy, Coralie Russier. A man’s obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime.

“In a role that was made for Jean Dujardin, he acts like he has been doing this for a long time. By u0026#39;thisu0026#39; I mean executing an eccentric project that is about to take over his life and muddle his relationship with the world. And by u0026#39;the worldu0026#39; 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 u0026#39;killer styleu0026#39; 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 thatu0026#39;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 canu0026#39;t recommend it more and I am definitely going to be watching more of Dupieuxu0026#39;s work. Bravo! TN.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e(Watched and reviewed at its India premiere at the 21st MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.)”