Natasha Lyonne's Surreal Kenzo Film Takes Maya Rudolph to Clown School

If you're looking for clown content that's a little less It and a little more existential, you may want to take 13 minutes to watch Kenzo's new fashion film. Cabiria, Charity, Chastity is the directorial debut of Orange is the New Black actress Natasha Lyonne and to say that it's bizarre would be a massive, egregious understatement.

Kenzo is already known for creating top quality, surrealist films for its collections--their last Spike Jonze-directed film won a Grand Prix at Cannes this year--and this clown-centric piece doesn't disappoint. Lyonne wrangled up a star-studded cast that includes Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, Macaulay Culkin, Leslie Odom Jr., and Greta Lee. Oh, and she got almost all of these stars simply by texting them, because Lyonne is just that good.

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In the film, Rudolph plays Chastity who winds up on a time-traveling journey of self-discovery that includes clown school (as taught by Armisen), a cabaret, a terrifying Macaulay Culkin, and a gibberish language that Lyonne made up for the film. We'd try to explain the story but after two run-throughs, we still have literally no idea what any of it means.

While we now anxiously await Kenzo's spring '18 show on September 27 to see how the film ties in, take a break and watch it in all its weird glory, below.