Quentin Dupieux will open the Cannes Film Festival on May 14 with “The Second Act” The French filmmaker will present his new feature film, which will be released in theaters the same day. Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon and Louis Garrel will be the first to walk the red carpet of this 77th edition, outside of competition.

The story, even if with this director, everything is more a question of atmosphere, of inventions, of shortcuts like in a dizzying descent.