Un indien dans la ville
1994 Comedy    
 
Credits
  • Director: Hervé Palud
  • Script: Igor Aptekman, Philippe Bruneau, Thierry Lhermitte, Hervé Palud
  • Photo: Fabio Conversi
  • Music: Tonton David, Manu Katché, Geoffrey Oryema
  • Cast: Thierry Lhermitte (Stephen), Patrick Timsit (Richard), Ludwig Briand (Mimi-Siku), Miou-Miou (Patricia), Arielle Dombasle (Charlotte), Sonia Vollereaux (Marie)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: An Indian in Paris; An Indian in the City; Little Indian, Big City
 
 
 
Summary
Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater.  He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte.  Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had – Mimi-Siku.  The young jungle boy yearns to see Paris so Stephen reluctantly agrees to take him back home with him for a few days.  How will Mimi-Siku react to life in the great metropolis?

Review
This lowbrow comedy may appeal to children but has little to offer the grown-ups (particularly those of an arachnophobic disposition).  It’s an obvious French take on the “concept movie” and like most such films has virtually no plot and a set of characters that would be better placed in a kid’s strip cartoon.  There are a few laughs, but after a while, the juvenile comedy begins to get very tiresome.

© James Travers 2005


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