Quentin Dupieux's 'Le Vertige' Is a PS2-Style Animated Film About a Simulation
Dupieux's shift to animation with a deliberate PS2-era aesthetic and a simulation narrative marks a rare intersection of video game visual language and existentialist cinema from a director known for live-action surrealism.
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French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux's first animated film, 'Le Vertige,' uses low-polygon 3D visuals inspired by 'GTA: Vice City' to tell the story of a man who realizes the world is a simulation. The film was selected as the closing film of the Quinzaine des Cinéastes at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and releases in France on June 10.
Quentin Dupieux, the French director behind live-action surrealist films such as 'Rubber' and 'Deerskin,' has made his first animated feature. 'Le Vertige' renders its world in jagged low-polygon 3D that evokes PlayStation 2-era games. Dupieux told French film magazine Trois Couleurs that the first image he had was 'GTA: Vice City,' and that he wanted to mix video games with existentialist cinema. The film follows a man who tells a friend the world is a simulation, pointing out visual bugs like a woman with six fingers and a birth without an umbilical cord. The friend dismisses each anomaly. The film was shot using only an iPhone and simple motion capture software. 'Le Vertige' was selected as the closing film of the independent Quinzaine des Cinéastes section at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in 2026. It opens in France on June 10.
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