Slack Bay (2017)
IMDB Rating : 6.2/10 (as on 22.04.2017)
Unrated
| 2h 2min | Comedy
Summer
1910. Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of
the Channel Coast. Infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy soon gather that the
epicenter of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site
where the Slack river and the sea join only at high tide. There lives a small
community of fishermen and other oyster farmers. Among them evolves a curious
family, the Bréfort, renowned ferrymen of the Slack Bay, lead by the father
nick-named "The Eternal", who rules as best as he can on his
prankster bunch of sons, especially the impetuous Ma Loute, aged 18. Towering
high above the bay stands the Van Peteghems' mansion. Every summer, this
bourgeois family - all degenerate and decadent from inbreeding - stagnates in the
villa, not without mingling during their leisure hours of walking, sailing or
bathing, with the ordinary local people, Ma Loute and the other Bréforts. Over
the course of five days, as starts a peculiar love story between Ma Loute and
the young and mischievous Billie Van Peteghem, confusion and mystification will
descend on both families, shaking their convictions, foundations and way of
life.
Director:
Bruno Dumont
Writers:
Bruno Dumont (dialogue), Bruno Dumont (screenplay)
Stars:
Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
