The Dope (2003)
"La beuze" (original title)

Directors:

François Desagnat, Thomas Sorriaux

Writers:

Juliette Arnaud, Philippe de Chauveron,

Stars:

Michaël Youn, Vincent Desagnat, Zoé Félix

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michaël Youn	...	Alphonse Brown
Vincent Desagnat	...	Scotch
Zoé Félix	...	Dina
Alex Descas	...	Shaft
Lionel Abelanski	...	Perez / Le père de Perez
Jean-François Gallotte	...	Marceau
Ginette Garcin	...	Madame Batin
Jorge Cabezas	...	Adolfo Maier (as Jorge Cabezas Moreno)
Maka Sidibe	...	Dave
Youssef Diawara	...	Sam
Laurent Pons	...	V.R.
Kool Shen	...	Lord Fatal
Hans Meyer	...	Rudolf Maier
James Campbell	...	Docteur Dembele
Gad Elmaleh	...	Le laborantin

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | hallucination | blaxploitation | cannabis | psychedelia | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Pathé (French)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

5 February 2003 (France)

Also Known As:

A cucc

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$4,094,033 (France) (7 February 2003)

Gross:

$9,226,688 (France) (28 February 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, M6 Films, M6 Métropole Télévision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Okay, it is silly. And it's Okay.

French humor cinema doesn't dare stupidity. Usually. Eric and Ramzy did a stupid movie, "la tour montparnasse infernale" and it worked quite well. La Beuze is of that kind : the two heroes are stupid, they do stupid things and they meet stupide people. And that's okay for me, it doesn't pretend to be much more ! There is even a very very light kind of emotion, yeap, something happens, I don't know what. Maybe it comes from the score, lots of 70's-80's music... Maybe it is because it's a blaxplotation movie ? Some Scenes will stay forever in my mind, like one where the two heroes yell "99 luftballon". I liked very much the last minutes too. I forgot to tell the plot : James Brown's hidden son, named Alfonse Brown, gets out of le Havre prison, he wants to stop smoking because he plans to become a singer. Like his daddy.