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6.2/10   238 votes
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Writers:

Benoît Delépine (writer)
Gustave de Kervern (writer)

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Release Date:

13 September 2006 (France) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Plot:

The kidnapping of a plump billionaire's dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. The wealthy... more | add synopsis

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Surrealistic meditation on best tracks of European film-making more (7 total)


Cast

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Anselme ... Le chanteur de faïence
Fernando Arrabal ... Le picador suicidaire
Anne Benett ... La nounou distraite
Beu ... L'enfant
Jean-Claude Carrière ... Le riche paranoîaque
Claude Chabrol ... Le zoophile débonnaire
Marie-Françoise Comble ... La coupeuse de langue
Julie Conte ... La belle jeune fille
Velvet D'Amour ... Avida (as Velvet)
Robert Dehoux ... L'armoire qui parle
Gustave de Kervern ... Le captif sourd muet
Benoît Delépine ... L'homme à la tete de scotch
Albert Dupontel ... Le garde du corps maladroit
Emlesma ... Le dieu de la fondue
Emma1212 ... L'embrassée résistante
Rémo Forlani ... L'inquiétant directeur
Jean-Pierre Galland ... Le survivant
Benoît Jaubert ... L'homme caché
Pierre Jean ... Le tatoué ténébreux

Mathieu Kassovitz ... Le producteur chanceux
Remy Kolpa ... Le petit homme en traineau (as Rémy Kolpa-Kopoul)
Bouli Lanners ... Le collectionneur d'animaux
Elisa Larrière ... L'infirmière diaphane
Janet Latimer ... La mère triste
Frédéric Legay ... L'amoureux casqué
Jo L'Indien ... L'ermite goguenard
Luz ... L'embrasseur fougueux
Alain Magnan ... Le pourvoyeur d'esclaves
Eric Martin
Martin ... Le drogué avide
Kati Outinen ... La femme à la bonbonne d'eau
Rémi ... Le père fier
Ritier ... Le compagnon de l'alambic
Julie Sadeg ... L'autre belle jeune fille
Christophe Salengro ... Le guide chancelant
Sanseverino ... Le captif chantant (as Stéphane Sanseverino)
Tonton ... Albert l'ivrogne libéré
Rokia Traoré ... La chanteuse bienveillante
Philippe Vuillemin ... Le taxidermiste incompris
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Additional Details

Runtime:

France:83 min

Country:

France

Sound Mix:

DTS

Company:

MNP Entreprise more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The title "Avida" is inspired by the nickname André Breton gave to 'Salvador Dali', "Avida Dollars" which actually is the anagram of the painter's name. more


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12 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Surrealistic meditation on best tracks of European film-making, 25 August 2006
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Author: petar mitric

Best artistic film i have seen in years. Incredibly connected to Buñuel/Dali's "An Andalusian Dog" (quoted few other Buñuel's films as well) brings completely fresh vision of surrealism. I saw this film together with a Hollywood actors agent who was completely shocked by the film considering it the act of crime. I had to be easy with comments cause it would make me a criminal as well. There is hilarious scene with Chabrol in the ZOO which rediscovers his tremendous, almost forgotten, acting talent. One of the highlights of the film is wonderful Velvet who makes mythical anti-Venus character so pure and powerful. So, "Avida" is such brilliantly made film, on best tracks of European film-making, which goes straight to film art history with no doubt. I consider Gustave De Kervern and Benoît Delépine saviors of European film art.

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