Synopsis
A man's obsession with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams leads him to turn his back on his humdrum life in the suburbs, blow his life savings, and even turn him to crime.
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Cast
- Jean DujardinGeorges
- Adèle HaenelDenise
- Albert DelpyMonsieur B
- Coralie RussierThe Neighbor
- Pierre GomméThe Kid
- Laurent NicolasThe Receptionist
- Caroline PietteThe Banker
- Stéphane JobertThe Sheet Metalworker
- Marie BunelBar Patron
- Panayotis PascotJohnny
Recommendations
- 83
The Playlist
A hilarious and twisted festival amuse-bouche with tremendous cult appeal. - 80
Variety
A loopy entertaining WTF lark. ... The fact that it holds you, for 77 minutes, is a testament to the debauched rigor of Dupieux’s filmmaking. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Although ostensibly set in the present day, this odd, frightening and entrancing little movie seems stuck in a moment out of time. - 80
Film Threat
At barely over an hour, Deerskin packs quite a punch, and is bound to get under your skin. - 75
The A.V. Club
Deerskin is more of a twisted lark than anything else, but it hits on something meaningful—a first for a director who’s shown almost no prior interest in reality, even within a film called Reality. - 75
Slant Magazine
In Deerskin, Quentin Dupieux mines the absurdism that is his signature with newfound forcefulness. - 70
Screen Daily
The modest running time ... means that it does feel a little slight and underdeveloped in places. However, there are enough sparks of originality and comic invention throughout to capture those in search of something winningly offbeat and unexpected. - 67
IndieWire
It’s hard to shake the feeling that Dupieux’s outré premise would have worked better as a short, as the unusual narrative struggles to make the scenario palatable even at the bare minimum for a feature-length treatment.
