Halfway through a mediocre boulevard play, an audience member stands up, walks toward the stage, and decides he is done watching — Yannick is what happens after that.
What is Yannick about?
The play is called Le Cocu, and by most accounts it is not very good. One night, a spectator named Yannick reaches his limit and interrupts the performance mid-scene, refusing to let the evening continue as scripted. What starts as a heckle turns into something stranger: Yannick takes hold of the room, pushing the actors and the rest of the audience into a night none of them expected. Runtime is a lean 67 minutes, and the film uses that compression to keep its premise tight and its tension immediate — one theater, one disrupted show, one man convinced he knows better than the script in front of him. The result plays out as much as a comedy of discomfort as a straight farce, watching a small act of defiance spiral into a standoff between an audience member and the performance he paid to see.
About the cast
Yannick is directed by Quentin Dupieux and stars Raphaël Quenard in the title role, alongside Pio Marmaï, Blanche Gardin, Sébastien Chassagne, Agnès Hurstel, Jean-Paul Solal, Laurent Nicolas, and Mustapha Abourachid.
Context & significance
Released in France in 2023, Yannick continues director Quentin Dupieux's run of short, high-concept comedies built around a single absurd disruption. Set almost entirely within one theater over one performance, the film uses its confined setting to turn a minor annoyance — a bad play — into a larger question about who controls a room and what an audience is owed for its attention.
Watching Yannick on Ktime
Yannick streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking viewers a choice in how they watch. A free K-Time account login is required before playback starts, though the film's page can be read without signing in. K-Time is built around a Farsi-first experience for the Iranian diaspora, so this brisk French comedy sits alongside its subtitles and menus without friction.