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Jean Dujardin (left) in Deerskin
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KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
Deerskin (15)
Directed by Quentin Dupieux
★★★★
THE bonkers film of the week has to be writer-director Quentin Dupieux’s deliciously twisted comedy horror about a middle-aged man and his obsessive love for his designer deerskin jacket which takes killer style to a whole new level.
It is a return to form for Dupieux, having explored the exploits of a homicidal car tyre in Rubber.
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