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A Balasaur Score of 46 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 13%. Audiences rate it 44 points higher than critics do. Most of the 456 1990s adventure movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater. He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte. Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had – Mimi-Siku. The young jungle boy yearns to see Paris so Stephen reluctantly agrees to take him back home with him for a few days. How will Mimi-Siku react to life in the great metropolis?
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes13%
Audiences rate it 44 points higher than critics do.
652 audience votes
Key crew
- Hervé PaludScreenplay
- Manu KatchéOriginal Music Composer
- Hervé PaludDirector
- Geoffrey OryemaOriginal Music Composer
- Tonton DavidOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Thierry LhermitteStéphane Marchadot
- Patrick TimsitRichard Montignac
- Ludwig BriandMimi-Siku
- Miou-MiouPatricia dite "Paliku"
- Arielle DombasleCharlotte
- Sonia VollereauxMarie Montignac
- TolstyPavel Koutchnoukov
- Jackie BerroyerMaître Joanovici
- Marc de JongeRoustan
- Louba GuertchikoffMme Godet
- Philippe BruneauM. Maréchal
- Dominique BesnehardMaître Dong
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Themes
paris, franceparent child relationshipamazon rainforestjunglebow and arrowex-wife