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13 September 2006 (France)
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The kidnapping of a plump billionaire's dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. The wealthy...
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Mathieu Kassovitz: 'I'm not proud to be French'
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(From The Guardian - Film News. 18 April 2013, 4:06 PM, PDT)
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Neverending nonsense.
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Cast
 | 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) |
 | Gustave de Kervern | ... | Le captif sourd muet |
| Robert Dehoux | ... | L'armoire qui parle |
 | 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) |
| Jo L'Indien | ... | L'ermite goguenard |
 | Bouli Lanners | ... | Le collectionneur d'animaux |
| Elisa Larrière | ... | L'infirmière diaphane |
| Janet Latimer | ... | La mère triste |
| Frédéric Legay | ... | L'amoureux casqué |
| Luz | ... | L'embrasseur fougueux |
| Alain Magnan | ... | Le pourvoyeur d'esclaves |
| Martin | ... | Le drogué avide |
| Eric Martin | ||
 | Kati Outinen | ... | La femme à la bonbonne d'eau |
| Ritier | ... | Le compagnon de l'alambic |
| Rémi | ... | Le père fier |
| 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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| Gustave de Kervern | |||
| Benoît Delépine | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Gustave de Kervern | ||
| Benoît Delépine | ||
Produced by | |||
| Benoît Jaubert | .... | producer | |
| Mathieu Kassovitz | .... | producer | |
| Elisa Larrière | .... | supervising producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Hugues Poulain | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Stéphane Elmadjian | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Alain Juteau | |||
Production Management | |||
| Géraldine Bastien | .... | assistant unit manager | |
| Anne Bennet | .... | production manager | |
| Loïc Jouanjan | .... | unit manager | |
| Elisa Larrière | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Nicolas Soulier | .... | unit manager: second unit | |
Art Department | |||
| Jackie Delevoye | .... | assistant property master | |
| Philippe Hournon | .... | production designer: second unit | |
Sound Department | |||
| Régis Boussin | .... | boom operator | |
| Gregoire Couzinier | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Thomas Couzinier | .... | sound editor | |
| Guillaume Le Bras | .... | sound | |
| Bruno Porret | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| François Sempé | .... | sound: second unit | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Julie Conte | .... | first assistant camera | |
| Michel Foropon | .... | gaffer | |
| Aurélien Patient | .... | assistant camera: second unit | |
Other crew | |||
| Dodo Avrel | .... | accessorist | |
| Xavier Barbereau | .... | production accountant | |
| Guillaume Colboc | .... | production assistant | |
| Karima Hadjerioua | .... | production assistant | |
| Stephane Lieser | .... | lawyer | |
| Julie Sadeg | .... | production secretary | |
Production Companies
- MNP Entreprise
- StudioCanal (co-production)
- Ad Vitam Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
- Cinema Epoch (2007) (USA) (all media)
- Kouz Production sound post-production
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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.See more »
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Avida is a game of words mingling life and eagerness, but I personally think this movie was overblown by its ambition and does not make justice to its title. It gathers a set of awkward characters united by unbelievable links. Furthermore, the way everything is connected at the end is, in my opinion, a bit pathetic. What remains of it was a set of images... an interesting one, but not enough to make this a good movie.
I believe this film is supposed to be a comedy, but I surely didn't noticed! The nonsense and caricatural nature of the movie is actually the only good thing about it, but when it drags on an on and on it becomes no longer bearable. I have to say I fought hard to continue seeing it until the end, and I am still not sure it was worth it...