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13/05/2016 Comedy 2h 2m
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Overview

Summer, 1910. Inspectors Machin and Malfoy investigate the mysterious disappearances of several tourists on the beautiful beaches of Slack Bay, where a strange community of fishermen lives.

  1. Bruno Dumont

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Fabrice Luchini

    André van Peteghem

  2. Juliette Binoche

    Aude van Peteghem

  3. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

    Isabelle van Peteghem

  4. Jean-Luc Vincent

    Christian van Peteghem

  5. Brandon Lavieville

    Ma Loute Brufort

  6. Raph

    Billie van Peteghem

  7. Didier Després

    Alfred Machin

  8. Cyril Rigaux

    Malfoy

  9. Laura Dupré

    Nadège

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-10-17
If you’re up for a bit of borderline farcical pantomime that manages to merge elements of Laurel and Hardy with Ingmar Bergman by way of “Mary Poppins” then this is the film for you. It’s set amidst the sand dunes of the coast of La Manche where folks have begun to mysteriously disappear. Drafted in to investigate is the avuncular “Insp. Machin” (Didier Després) and his sidekick “Malfoy” (Cyril Rigaux). They quickly settle their investigation on a confluence of the sea and the Slack river, where a family of subsistence oyster farmers live under the gaze of the mansion of the w...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$8,104,734.00

Revenue
$920,719.00

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