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Director:
Didier Flamand
Writers:
Didier Flamand (writer)
Pierre-Alain Mercier (writer)
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Genre:
Short
Plot:
Mr. K is a do-it-yourselfer and he works very seriously. One day he has a problem with one of his screws. Furious, he decides to complain at the administration office of the Department Store of Non Ferrous Metals!... | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins more
User Comments:
A totally crazy movie! (and clever...) more (2 total)

Cast

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Jean Reno ... Monsieur K
Maïté Nahyr ... Mme K
François Berléand ... Vendeur
Maurice Lamy ... Vendeur
Ged Marlon ... Vendeur
Jean Valière ... Vendeur
Philippe Tessier ... L'homme qui prend feu
Lionel Goldstein ... Le limier / L'huissier / Le planton
François Brossard ... Passager de l'ascenseur
Rémy Burkel ... Passager de l'ascenseur
Andrée Champeaux ... Passager de l'ascenseur
Eric Hémon ... Passager de l'ascenseur (as Eric Dod)
Paulette Frantz ... Passager de l'ascenseur
Christian Gasc ... Passager de l'ascenseur
Olivier Hémon ... Passager de l'ascenseur
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Screw
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Runtime:
20 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Black and White
Company:
Perla Films more

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A totally crazy movie! (and clever...), 17 March 2002
9/10
Author: Raphaël JULLIEN (jraf) from France

This short movie is a jewel! It brings us in a very strange world which is not very understandable but which is finally quite close to our world of incomprehension. For that Didier Flamand used a weird language, showing (like Tati already did a long time ago) that people don't understand each other even with the same language. And the weakness of languages is well shown here!

Flamand created a new language by mixing French words and foreign tones that mostly sound German. German? Hem…It's quite ironic when you see the "Hitler-like" mustache of Jean Reno in the movie! And this leads us to think about Chaplin's "Great Dictator". "la Vis" is really influenced by Chaplin or Buster Keaton because of the beautiful black and white shots, the "mute" sense of humor, the old captions at the beginning, the way Reno acts and the production design which reminds Chaplin's `Modern Times'.

Thus the mixed influence of Chaplin and Tati works very well, and the special atmosphere can also remind Jeunet and Caro's "Delicatessen" mostly for the craziness of the characters. The actors are perfect, especially the magistral Jean Reno, and they should deserve a standing ovation because of the difficulty of their roles. Therefore it's an amazing mad movie… and the end is splendidly burlesque! 10/10 and the movie really deserved all the prizes it won everywhere in the world.

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