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If you liked "Amelie", prepare to be caught off guard by "Grégoire Moulin". Although it also follows a kooky and somewhat odd character through a fantastical Paris, it swaps whimsy for dark comedy and weirdness.
The titular Grégoire (de Penguern) has gone through life with little luck. Orphaned by his parents on the day of his birth (they die having a trivial argument), brought up by badgering grandparents, and beaten up by the only girl he loved in school, he seems to find disaster in every aspect of his life.
Things look up though when his grandma is killed while dusting and Grégoire moves to Paris. He becomes obsessed with the ballet teacher working across from his office and sneakily arranges a meeting. But will Grégoire make it to the date or will fate conspire against him as usual?
Writer/director/actor de Penguern has fashioned a bitterly funny farce. As Grégoire battles to make his date he incurs the wrath of a psychotic cab driver (and his dog), the amorous attentions of a relentless gay man, and the suicidal tendencies of a woman whose house he breaks into. Meanwhile, his date (Arbillot) is waiting for him and having fantasies about being Madame Bovary.
It's all very silly and unfortunately self-combusts by the end, but entertains until then. Madcap and fast, "Grégoire Moulin" may not be to everyone's taste, but if you like your comedy off-kilter and cruel - voila.
In French with English subtitles.
