Cannes. Rumba.

"Like an episode of Sesame Street scripted by Luis Buñuel and helmed by Jacques Tati, Rumba turns dark tragedy into deadpan comedy through a series of surreal G-rated gags."

Jordan Mintzer in Variety: "An impressive do-it-yourself feature about a couple fun-loving dance freaks whose careers are cut short by a nasty car accident, this clever, near-silent comedy should bop around plenty of fests after preeming in Cannes' Critics' Week."

"The gifted trio behind 2005's near-wordless burlesque romp L'Iceberg [Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy] avoids the second film slump with excellent comic posture in Rumba," writes in Screen Daily. "Adding well-placed dollops of dialogue to carefully-calibrated movement-based gags, Rumba's film-maker-performers have constructed a consistently droll, slightly surreal and entertaining universe."

"Perhaps the movie could best be considered a family entertainment - a little of something for everyone," writes Bernard Besserglik in the Hollywood Reporter. "One admires the commitment of the filmmakers and freshness of much of the material, but the rarified nature of the humor means that the movie never fully engages."

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Coverage of the coverage: Cannes 08.

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Posted by dwhudson at May 19, 2008 8:06 AM