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Quentin Dupieux’s L’Accident de Piano Divides Critics on Opening Day

Critics clash over its brutal satire of online fame during the film’s French debut.

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De très loin, Adèle Exarchopoulos est ce que «l’Accident de piano» a de meilleur à offrir, détestable et kiffante d’odiosité.
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Overview

  • The film opened in French cinemas on July 2, marking Dupieux’s latest entry into absurdist social commentary.
  • Adèle Exarchopoulos plays Magalie Moreau, a pain-insensitive influencer who hides in a Haute-Savoie chalet after causing a fatal accident.
  • Supporting roles include Jérôme Commandeur as her press attaché, Sandrine Kiberlain as a blackmailing journalist and Karim Leklou as an obsessive fan.
  • Initial reviews are sharply divided between those calling it Dupieux’s weakest work for its relentless cruelty and those hailing its decomplexed misanthropy as a career highlight.
  • This third Exarchopoulos–Dupieux collaboration builds on his darkly comic critique of celebrity obsession seen in earlier films like Yannick and Daaaaaali!