Avida (film)

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Movie
German title Avida
Original title Avida
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 2006
length 83 minutes
Rod
Director Benoît Delépine ,
Gustave Kervern
script Benoît Delépine,
Gustave Kervern
production Mathieu Kassovitz ,
Benoît Jaubert
music Jef Benech
camera Hugues Poulain
cut Stéphane Elmadjian
occupation

Avida is a French fiction film by the directors Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern from 2006. The film comedy , shot in black and white , is brought close to surrealism by critics due to its unconventional story and bizarre characters . The film gets by with few dialogues and, according to some critics, would also work as a silent film .

action

A deaf-mute (Gustave Kervern) and two ketamine addicts who are employed in a family zoo try to put a plan to kidnap a billionaire's dog into action. But her hostage does not survive the kidnapping and is accidentally eaten by a lion. They still want the ransom and so the three kidnappers agree to the extremely overweight billionaire's last wish to help her climb a high mountain.

background

The shooting of the film took place from July 25th to August 20th, 2005. The zoo in the French city of Maubeuge was mainly used as the shooting location . Avida was first presented out of competition on May 21, 2006 at the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival .

The film pays homage to the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí . The film title Avida is an allusion to Avida Dollars, the anagram to Salvador Dalí, which means something like being greedy for dollars. This anagram was coined by the surrealist theorist André Breton , who documents the departure of the surrealist Salvador Dalí to the fashion painter of the United States. At the end of the film, a hand holds a watch in front of the camera so that it covers the billionaire's face. That scene is the only one in color and runs into an image that is not by chance reminiscent of Salvador Dali.

criticism

Nana AT Rebhan wrote on arte.tv under the heading A metaphysical comedy , “The landscape that the billionaire longs for is photographed downright picturesque. In the zoo there are close-ups of animals looking attentively into the camera, elephant skin in macro shots, or a caterpillar with a large piece of chips on its back. [...] The film is certainly not recommended for every viewer. But if you're in the mood to go on a weird tour of discovery in which black humor is essential, then this film is definitely to be recommended. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. spiegel.de , accessed on September 24, 2011.
  2. ↑ cf. spiegel.de , accessed on September 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ cf. kunstwissen.de , accessed on September 24, 2011.
  4. ↑ cf. arte.tv ( memento of August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 24, 2011.