Bruno Dumont's sense of humor has not always been well understood.
Since his series
P'tit Quinquin
, the director of
The Life of Jesus
and
Humanity
has nevertheless tried to make people laugh, and not only when he gets burned.
Ma Loute
and especially
France
, satires of the bourgeoisie, past or present, may have confused its early fans.
Dumont persists and signs with
The Empire
, presented as the ch'ti version of
Star Wars
before landing at the Berlinale, in the running for the Golden Bear which will be awarded on Saturday February 24.
“This is not a parody of
Star Wars
,”
said Bruno Dumont in Berlin.
There are a few quotes but I didn't want to repeat the story.
There are references to the great films of the genre, including
Star Wars, Planet of the Apes.
I wanted to make a science fiction film, because I really like space operas which are a way of tackling complex questions like the origin of the world, while remaining in my terrestrial universe.
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Indeed,
The Empire
is not…
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