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Mandibles

Original title: Mandibules
  • 2020
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
7.1K
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Adèle Exarchopoulos, Grégoire Ludig, India Hair, David Marsais, Coralie Russier, and Roméo Elvis in Mandibles (2020)
When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.
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When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.

  • Director
    • Quentin Dupieux
  • Writer
    • Quentin Dupieux
  • Stars
    • Grégoire Ludig
    • David Marsais
    • Adèle Exarchopoulos
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    7.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Quentin Dupieux
    • Writer
      • Quentin Dupieux
    • Stars
      • Grégoire Ludig
      • David Marsais
      • Adèle Exarchopoulos
    • 25User reviews
    • 93Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Trailer 1:43
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    Mandibles: Fly In The Trunk
    Clip 1:42
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    Mandibles: Training
    Clip 1:23
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    Photos15

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    Grégoire Ludig
    Grégoire Ludig
    • Manu…
    David Marsais
    David Marsais
    • Jean-Gab
    Adèle Exarchopoulos
    Adèle Exarchopoulos
    • Agnès
    India Hair
    India Hair
    • Cécile
    Roméo Elvis
    Roméo Elvis
    • Serge
    Coralie Russier
    Coralie Russier
    • Sandrine
    Bruno Lochet
    Bruno Lochet
    • Gilles
    Raphaël Quenard
    Raphaël Quenard
    • Raimondo
    Gaspard Augé
    Gaspard Augé
    • Agent de sécu
    Thomas Blanchard
    • Gendarme 2
    Philippe Dusseau
    • Michel Michel
    Olivier Blanc
    • Majordome
    Jean-Paul Solal
    • Maître Wolf
    Jézabel Marques
    • Madame Wolf
    Marie Narbonne
    • FIlle Wolf
    Pablo Beugnet
    • Fils Wolf
    Marius Colucci
    • Gendarme 1
    Dave Chapman
    Dave Chapman
    • La Mouche
    • Director
      • Quentin Dupieux
    • Writer
      • Quentin Dupieux
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews25

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    7Chinesevil

    A strange simple movie, but effective

    The movie begins slowly but ends in a funny way. Its action is never original but entertains, the actors are modest but overall is a fairly comical comedy.
    7Tlacuachote

    Simple yet surreal comedy

    A story of two simple-minded losers who discover a giant fly and try to train it to earn money. It's a completely nonsensical film, but at the same time hilarious and captivating. The main actors (Grégoire Ludig and David Marsais) form the French comic duo "Palmashow".
    8tfkpr

    French Bill et Ted👍

    The similarity has been mentioned in other reviews - I only twigged on a second viewing when I noticed many similar behaviour traits. One of the weirdest films I've ever watched but great fun - hope they make a sequel, lots of potential crazy plots for an almost housetrained giant fly!
    7TogosDad

    What's the buzz?

    Just a fun, quirky, sweet film about two guys and the fly who helped them realise what friendship is all about.
    10Galop_Inferno

    Another cult classic to be from Dupieux

    From the French filmmaker behind a sentient tire with telekinetic abilities comes two idiots finding a giant fly. Manu and Jean-Gab are a couple of good-natured but dimwitted buddies who, while on a delivery mission, discover, well, an enormous fly in the trunk of a stolen car.

    Deciding to tame "her" in order to make a profit, the guys endure a series of misfortunes that ultimately brings them to the home of Cécile, who's on summer break with her brother Serge and friends Sandrine and Agnès. To say any more would be a spoiler.

    The only ensemble member I recognize is Adèle Exarchopolous, of Blue Is the Warmest Colour, here she gives a performance I was not expecting but, oh my, it was bizarre. Director Quentin Dupieux has amassed a career of surreal but delightful comedies, the sole I've seen being the aforementioned Rubber. By that alone, I knew going in, I was getting a memorable experience. And I did.

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The fly was a combination of puppet and a costume worn by the dog that also featured in the film.
    • Goofs
      A fly of this size with its strength scaled up proportionately would easily be able to break the kind of tape used to restrain it.
    • Connections
      Featured in Radio Dolin: Ban "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn", iconic "Taxi Driver" and the strangest compliment (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      Metronomy (Mandibules Main Theme)
      Written by Joseph Mount

      Flûte by Alex McKenzie

      © Because Editions

      (p) 2020 Because Music

      Ave l'aimable autorisation de Because Music

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 23, 2021 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Mandibules
    • Filming locations
      • Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Var, France(ending scene with the fly on the beach, Plage de Bonporteau)
    • Production companies
      • Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
      • Memento Films Production
      • C8 Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €4,900,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $19,913
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,346
      • Jul 25, 2021
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,044,742
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.20 : 1

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