Neon-Tinged Kooky Neo-Noir Film ‘The Other Laurens’ Official Trailer
by Alex Billington
July 26, 2024
Source: YouTube
“You’re a real sicko, aren’t you?” Yellow Veil Pics has posted an official trailer for an indie French thriller called The Other Laurens, made by quirky Belgian filmmaker Claude Schmitz. This originally premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, and it also played at Fantastic Fest in the fall. Gabriel Laurens is a private detective. When his niece, Jade, asks him to investigate her dad’s death, Gabriel must confronts the ghosts of his past… He finds himself caught up in a strange investigation mixing pretense, fantasy, and drug trafficking. It’s described as a “deadpan detective story” in which he “is mistaken for his shady twin brother in this absurdist comedy.” Starring Olivier Rabourdin, Louise Leroy, Kate Moran, Marc Barbé, Tibo Vandenborre, and Edwin Gaffney. The filmmaker explains: “To me, true freedom lies in the fact of freeing oneself from the boundaries that are specific to genres…” This looks super kinky and strange and alluring and trippy and funny. What is even going on here?! Gotta watch to find out…
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Claude Schmitz’s film The Other Laurens, from YouTube:
Via Quinzaine: “At the request of his niece, a private detective specializing in extramarital affairs finds himself investigating the suspicious death of his twin brother, with whom he had cut ties. He takes a trip to the lavish residence of his late sibling, near the French-Spanish border, where the dodgy and disreputable gather: a desillusioned American widow, a former marine helicopter pilot, middle-aged Hells Angels with with regional drawls, incompetent cops tracking a missing gitan. This deadpan detective story evokes a set of twins in its style, mixing the American and European codes of film noir.” The Other Laurens, also known as L’Autre Laurens in French, is directed by eccentric Belgian filmmaker Claude Schmitz, director of the films Mali (in Africa), Carwash, and Lucie Loses Her Horse previously. The screenplay is written by Claude Schmitz and Kostia Testut. Produced by Jérémy Forni and Benoit Roland. This initially premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar. Yellow Veil Pictures will debut Schmitz’s The Other Laurens in select US theaters on August 23rd, 2024 before it’s out on VOD just after. Curious?
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