After a bitter dispute over money, model Carl and influencer Yaya are invited on a cruise for the super-rich, whose captain is holed up in his cabin, permanently drunk, while the crew reads every conceivable wish from the eyes of the decadent passengers with an eye on the big tip. When a storm hits during the captain's dinner, things get completely out of hand.
This is the moment to discover or rediscover the delightfully surreal first feature from the American directing team Scheinert & Kwan, whose follow-up Everything Everywhere All at Once has just racked up 11 Oscar nominations.
It is set on a deserted island where shipwrecked Hank has already finished with his life when he is distracted by a strange flotsam and jetsam: the bloated corpse of Manny turns out to be an (in)dead jack-of-all-trades that is great for boating, hunting, starting fires and even communicating. The beginning of a wonderful friendship.