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Essai d'ouverture
Essai d'ouverture
7.2
/10
215 Ratings

ESSAI D'OUVERTURE

Directed by Luc Moullet
France, 1988
Short, Avant-Garde

Synopsis

Twenty-one attempts to open a bottle…. Luc Moullet systematically confronts the recalcitrant caps of Coca-Cola bottles, moving towards increasingly unusual opening methods.

Synopsis

Twenty-one attempts to open a bottle…. Luc Moullet systematically confronts the recalcitrant caps of Coca-Cola bottles, moving towards increasingly unusual opening methods.

Our take

A miniature absurdist wonder from Luc Moullet, shot over 3 days while trying to secure financing for various features. As anarchically inventive as a Looney Tunes cartoon, Essai d’ouverture sees Moullet stage an exercise in obstinacy and futility, waging valiant battle against a capitalist icon.