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The Second Act

The Second Act

20246.11h 20m

Overview

Florence wants to introduce David, the man she’s madly in love with, to her father Guillaume. But David isn’t attracted to Florence and wants to throw her into the arms of his friend Willy. The four characters meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.

Directed by Quentin Dupieux
Written by Quentin Dupieux
Produced by Hugo Sélignac
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Top Cast

Léa Seydoux

Léa Seydoux

Florence Drucker

Louis Garrel

Louis Garrel

David

Vincent Lindon

Vincent Lindon

Guillaume Tardieu

Raphaël Quenard

Raphaël Quenard

Willy

Manuel Guillot

Manuel Guillot

Stéphane Jouvet

Laurent Nicolas

Laurent Nicolas

A.I. Avatar

Françoise Gazio

Françoise Gazio

Intriguing Extra 1

Valérie Vogt

Valérie Vogt

Agent

Hélène Alexandridis

Hélène Alexandridis

Florence's Mom

Thémis Terrier-Thiébaux

Thémis Terrier-Thiébaux

Florence's Daughter

Themes & Keywords

suicideartificial intelligence (a.i.)restaurantstage frightfilmmakingwaiterargumentlgbtsomberfilm within a filmactormetagay coupleaudaciouscheerfulextrafilm shooting

About The Second Act

The Second Act is a comedy, drama film released in 2024 exploring themes of suicide, artificial intelligence (a.i.), restaurant, stage fright, filmmaking, waiter. Directed by Quentin Dupieux, it stars Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon. Florence wants to introduce David, the man she’s madly in love with, to her father Guillaume. But David isn’t attracted to Florence and wants to throw her into the arms of his friend Willy. The four characters meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.

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