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Director: Albert Dupontel
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From Time Out Film Guide
Released from an institution 30 years after his parents dumped him down a garbage chute, Bernie Noel (Dupontel) finds a Paris apartment, buys a video camera, and sets about tracking down his folks. His tenuous grip on reality isn't improved by contact with the world at large; he leaves a trail of corpses and headless budgies in his wake. To complain that a black comedy is tasteless and offensive is probably to miss the point, but there it is. The violence against women of all ages is particularly grating. A hit in France.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Albert Dupontel
Producer: Alain Belmondo, Gérard Crosnier, Jean-Michel Rey, Philippe Liegeoise
Cast: Albert Dupontel, Claude Perron, Roland Blanche, Hélène Vincent, Roland Bertin full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 87 mins
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