Fresh
Much brainier than a John Waters opus, Avida eructs with deadpan hilarity through a series of nonsequential comic set pieces.
Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
The kidnapping of a plump billionaire's dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. The wealthy woman takes advantage of the situation to make them fullfil her last wishes.
Director and cast
- Benoît Delépine Director
- Gustave Kervern Director
- Benoît Delépine as L'homme à la tête de scotch
- Gustave Kervern as Le captif sourd muet
- Albert Dupontel as Le garde du corps maladroit
- Velvet as Avida
- Fernando Arrabal as Le Picador suicidaire
- Jean-Claude Carrière as Le richa paranoïaque
- Kati Outinen as La femme à la bonbonne d'eau
- Rémo Forlani as L'inquiétant directeur
- Stephane Sansverino as Le captif chantant
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
Somewhere between Monty Python, Jacques Tati and a slideshow of New Yorker cartoons, this critique of life's cruel inconsistency confirms the French co-directors' gift for reinterpreting surrealism in a humorously modern key.
Deborah Young, Variety
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