Li'l Quinquin / P'tit Quinquin

(Bruno Dumont, 2014, 200 min, France, French w/ English Subtitles, Color, Blu-Ray) 

-- Introduced by Prof. Josh Gibson (AAHVS/AMI); Q&A to follow!

Originally aired as a four-part TV miniseries in France, Li'l Quinquin is an absurdist, metaphysical murder mystery that opens with the discovery of human body parts stuffed inside a cow on the outskirts of the English Channel in northern France. The bumbling and mumbling Captain Van der Weyden is assigned to investigate the crime, but he has to contend with a young prankster, the mischievous Quinquin as he proceeds to investigate the case. Dubbed an "epic farce" by the New York Film Festival, Li'l Quinquin has been compared to Twin Peaks and True Detective. 

"A wonderfully weird and unexpectedly hilarious murder mystery." --Scott Foundas, Variety.

Cost: Free and open to the public

Sponsors: The Center for French and Francophone Studies, the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image (AMI) and the Department of Romance Studies.