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Les dieux sont tombés sur la tête

Original title: The Gods Must Be Crazy
  • 1980
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 49m
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7.3/10
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Les dieux sont tombés sur la tête (1980)
A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
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A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

  • Director
    • Jamie Uys
  • Writer
    • Jamie Uys
  • Stars
    • N!xau
    • Marius Weyers
    • Sandra Prinsloo
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    59K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jamie Uys
    • Writer
      • Jamie Uys
    • Stars
      • N!xau
      • Marius Weyers
      • Sandra Prinsloo
    • 196User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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    N!xau
    N!xau
    • Xi
    Marius Weyers
    Marius Weyers
    • Andrew Steyn
    Sandra Prinsloo
    Sandra Prinsloo
    • Kate Thompson
    Louw Verwey
    • Sam Boga
    Michael Thys
    Michael Thys
    • Mpudi
    Nic de Jager
    • Jack Hind
    Fanyana H. Sidumo
    • Card 1
    Joe Seakatsie
    • Card 2
    • (as Joe Seakatsi)
    Brian O'Shaughnessy
    Brian O'Shaughnessy
    • Mr. Thompson
    Ken Gampu
    Ken Gampu
    • President
    Paddy O'Byrne
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Graham Armitage
    Graham Armitage
    • The Reverend
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Vera Blacker
    • Mrs. Thompson
    • (uncredited)
    Pip Freedman
    • Mpudi
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Katinka Heyns
    • Young woman with noise in her head
    • (uncredited)
    Jamie Uys
    Jamie Uys
    • The Reverend
    • (uncredited)
    Janet Wells
    Janet Wells
    • Kate Thompson
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jamie Uys
    • Writer
      • Jamie Uys
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The film ran for 532 consecutive days at the Oaks Theaters in Cupertino, California, setting a record for the longest uninterrupted run of any movie in Northern California. It was pulled only because the film reels fell into disrepair and a large section caught fire. After such a long run, replacing the reels was too expensive.
    • Goofs
      The villagers sing when they welcome the schoolteacher, but the song dubbed onto the soundtrack is a song of farewell; the title, "Shosholoza", translates as "Go Forward".
    • Quotes

      Narrator: Only 600 miles to the south, there's a vast city. And here you find civilized man. Civilized man refused to adapt himself to his environment; instead, he adapted his environment to suit him. So he built cities, roads, vehicles, machinery, and he put up power lines to run his labour-saving devices. But somehow he didn't know where to stop. The more he improved his surroundings to make life easier, the more complicated he made it. So now his children are sentenced to 10-15 years of school, just to learn how to survive in this complex and hazardous habitat they were born into. And civilized man, who refused to adapt to his surroundings, now finds he has to adapt and re-adapt every hour of the day to his self-created environment. For instance, if it's Monday and 7:30 comes up, you have to dis-adapt from your domestic surroundings and re-adapt yourself to an entirely different environment. 8:00 means everybody has to look busy... 10:30 says you can stop looking busy for 15 minutes. And then you have to look busy again... And so your day is chopped into pieces, and in each segment of time you adapt to a new set circumstances.

      Narrator: [Kate looks for a place to have her lunch] My I share a table?

      Kate Thompson: No wonder some people go off the rails a bit...

      Young woman with noise in her head: Does the noise in my head bother you?

      Young woman with noise in her head: No...

      Kate Thompson: [Later, Kate finds Pete] Pete, Have you still got that story about the teacher shortage in Botswana?

      Pete: Yeah, you gonna use it?

      Kate Thompson: No. Maybe they can use me.

      Narrator: But in the Kalahari, it's always Tuesday, or Thursday if you like, or Sunday. No clocks or calendars tell you to do this or that.

    • Connections
      Featured in N!Ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      The Week's Work
      (uncredited) [UK release print]

      Music by John Fiddy and Sammy Burdson (i.e.Gerhard Narholz)

      Sonoton Musikverlag

    User reviews196

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    8/10
    Such a likable movie...
    Don't be put off by the talk of poor production values, bad dubbing, goofy Benny Hill-esque slapstick, and questionable acting. Once you get a look at the enormous smile on Xi's face, you'll forget all of that. This is one of the most gentle, pleasant, and likable movies I've seen in a long time (all of that in a good way).

    I'd always heard about it, but somehow managed to miss it over the years. Finally saw it this weekend, and it's a real gem.

    For you DVD viewers, there's a documentary with interview footage of Xi. The only problem--no subtitles! Some bozo obviously blew it on the transfer, making it possibly the most frustrating doc ever produced...Be warned!
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    • dzagar
    • Dec 6, 2004

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    • Release date
      • January 19, 1983 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • South Africa
      • Botswana
    • Languages
      • English
      • Afrikaans
      • Ungwatsi
    • Also known as
      • The Gods Must Be Crazy
    • Filming locations
      • Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Production company
      • C.A.T. Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $30,031,783
    • Gross worldwide
      • $30,031,783
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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