From the twisted mind of Quentin Dupieux, MANDIBLES is an absurdist romp that follows simple-minded friends Jean-Gab (David Marsais) and Manu (Grégoire Ludig). After stealing a beat-up Mercedes to deliver a mysterious briefcase to an unknown recipient, the friends find more than they bargained for when they hear a buzzing, thumping noise coming from the trunk of the car. When they open it, they find a gigantic fly trapped inside. Manu and Jean-Gab decide to forgo their current mission and instead focus on training the fly to carry out robberies for them, in the hope of making a ton of cash. A hilarious mash-up of buddy comedy and road movie, with a sci-fi twist, MANDIBLES is a wild and surreal film about friendship, big dreams, and bigger disasters.

Co-funded by the European Union's Creative Europe MEDIA program.

The screening will open a short film "Virago" (R: Kerli Kirch Schneider, Eesti, 2019, 15min)

Language: Estonian (Võru dialect) Subtitles: English

A man falls off a roof. Another one drowns. Another catches fire. Wherever you look, men are dropping like flies. “May God rest their souls,” sigh the widows as they cross themselves somberly. This is the life and death of the men in Virago—a village where no man has lived long enough for centuries to see his fortieth birthday. Until today. Inspired by true events and set in rural Estonia where the harsh realities of the present-day weave with the mystical, this film tells the story of virāgōs—women who possess both heroic and hostile qualities.