Coucou (2020)

Name: Coucou
Director: Daiva Zalnieriunas
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020-05-29
Duration: 13 min
Cast: Valerie Buhagiar, Nina Gilmour, Tony Nappo, Nigel Shawn Williams

Drama

Director: Daiva Zalnieriunas

Cast: Valerie Buhagiar, Nina Gilmour, Tony Nappo, Nigel Shawn Williams

Runtime13 min

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An aimless young woman attends her mother's dinner party. Tensions rise as she tries to defend her millennial life to her disappointed mother and her once progressive, now well-heeled, friends who can't wrap their minds around gender politics. All leads to a shocking reveal...

Critical Reception & Ratings

While critical reception for the 2020 drama film Coucou has been limited, the film is notable for its provocative exploration of gender politics and tensions within a progressive family. Director Daiva Zalnieriunas' feature debut has not received any major awards recognition to date, but its depiction of a young woman's fraught dinner party encounter with her disappointed mother and her friends has drawn interest from audiences, earning a respectable 6.8/10 rating on IMDb.

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Coucou (2020), directed by Daiva Zalnieriunas, offers a captivating and nuanced exploration of family dynamics and generational tensions. With a standout ensemble cast led by Valerie Buhagiar, Nina Gilmour, and Tony Nappo, the film blends drama and social commentary to create a thought-provoking viewing experience for audiences seeking insightful character-driven stories.

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Coucou ("Cuckoo") is an historical French card game that uses a pack of 32 or 52 cards and is played by five to twenty players. It is unusual for being played with only a single card in hand. As a shedding game, there is only one winner who may claim the stakes, if there are any. The game has also been called As Qui Court or Hère.