

Bye Bye Morons

When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.
Albert Dupontel writes a love letter to movies, and we're the ones who end up receiving it.
Cleverly written, wonderfully performed (Virginie Efira will break your heart in ways you didn't know existed) and deftly directed, Adieu les cons / Bye Assholes is a movie in the purest sense of the word.
Dupontel makes a movie, not a film, with a simple story and action and poetry and comedy and sensitivity and a pallet of primary emotions. This isn't a Think Piece, it's a piece of work you'll think is good because sitting in your theater seat, you'll escape your confinement and get carried away.
Thank you, Albert Dupontel, for this breath of fresh air at a time when it's hard to breathe.