Little Indian, Big City (1994)
"Un indien dans la ville" (original title)

The Parisian broker Steph only needs the signature from his wife Patricia for their divorce - but she left 13 years ago for living with Amazonas indians. Steph finds her in the village and ... See full summary »

Director:

Hervé Palud

Writers:

Igor Aptekman, Philippe Bruneau (adaptation),

Stars:

Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Ludwig Briand

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Stephen
Patrick Timsit	...	Richard
Ludwig Briand	...	Mimi-Siku
Miou-Miou	...	Patricia (as Miou Miou)
Arielle Dombasle	...	Charlotte
Tolsty	...	Pavel (as Vladimir Kotliarov)
Sonia Vollereaux	...	Marie (as Sonia Volleraux)
Jackie Berroyer	...	Jonavisky
Marc de Jonge	...	Rossberg
Louba Guertchikoff	...	Mrs. Godette
Philippe Bruneau	...	Mr. Marshal
Dominique Besnehard	...	Master Dong
Cheik Doukouré	...	Mr. Bonaventure (as Cheik Doukoure)
Marie-Charlotte Leclaire	...	Rossberg's Secretary
Olga Jirouskova	...	Sonia Koutchnoukov

Storyline

The Parisian broker Steph only needs the signature from his wife Patricia for their divorce - but she left 13 years ago for living with Amazonas indians. Steph finds her in the village and gets stuck for two days, where he learns that he has got a son, who grew up as an indian. Meanwhile he fails to confirm a soy bean transaction and promises his son Mimi-Siku to show him Paris as soon as he will become a man. However, this happens next day when the tribe celebrates the children's festival. So both fly back to Paris, where Steph and his partner Richard try to limit their losses by selling the beans to the Russian mafia, and Mimi-Siku discovers the city with bare feet. He climbes the Eiffel tower and preferes to hunt doves with bow-and-arrow instead of eating cornflakes. Steph moves his son to the family of his partner, where Mimi-Siku falls actively in love with Richard's daughter Sophie. Discovered, Sophie is set to be sent into a boarding school, and therefore rescued by Mimi-Siku, ...

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Plot Keywords:

partner | mafia | russian mafia | divorce | bow and arrow | 

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Taglines:

The city is a jungle. Some are just better prepared for it than others.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for crude language, adolescent sensuality and scenes of mild violence

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French Russian

Release Date:

14 December 1994 (France)

Also Known As:

Little Indian, Big City

Filming Locations:

Amazona forests, Venezuela

Box Office

Gross:

$1,000,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Ice Films, Procirep

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The English translation of the Indian boy's name Mimi-Siku is "cat pee".

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Goofs

When Mimi-Siku first sees the Eiffel Tower, he stands on the balcony wearing a red headband. When he jumps down, the headband is gone.

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Connections

Referenced in Empire of the Censors (1995)

User Reviews

Feeble comedy

When it was released in the United States, "Little Indian, Big City" received a lot of brutal reviews; critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, among others, declared it as one of the worse movies they had ever seen. Is the movie really one of the worst ever made? No - it isn't aggressive in its badness as the worst movies out there. But all the same, it's still a pretty bad movie. It's biggest problem is that it's not the least bit funny, with juvenile gags that even kids won't laugh at. But it's also incompetent in its execution, with scenes that seem to be missing or key footage in scenes that are there missing. It doesn't help that the English dubbing is badly done, making the characters speak in awkward English in an attempt to match the lip movements. The American remake of this movie ("Jungle 2 Jungle") is an improvement - but not by much.