Little Indian, Big City (1994)

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:

Philippe Bruneau (adaptation), Thierry Lhermitte (adaptation)

Stars:

Thierry Lhermitte, Ludwig Briand, Patrick Timsit

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:

rain forest | wild child | indigenous people | blowpipe | eiffel tower | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Thierry Lhermitte supervised all of the English language dubbing for the film's release in the U.S.

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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

Features Club Dorothée (1987)

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Soundtracks

Chacun sa route
Performed by Tonton David

User Reviews

The original is always better.

I have watched this film over and over again, it makes my whole family laugh everytime. You have to know something of the way the Parisians live and be able to understand French pretty well to 'get' most of the jokes. The Americans tried to make a copy - Jungle to Jungle' and like so many other copies of French films it was terrible.

Learn French - watch this movie - Laugh loudly.

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 USA:

$722,182

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$722,182

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Ice Films, Procirep

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1