Un indien dans la ville (1994) Directed by Hervé Palud
Comedy
aka: Little Indian, Big City
Film Synopsis
Stéphane Marchado, an international trader who is addicted to living
life in the fast lane, finds himself in a quandary when his girlfriend Charlotte
insists that they get married. The problem is that Stéphane
is already married, although he hasn't seen his wife Patricia for thirteen
years, not since the day she walked out on him without leaving a forwarding
address. Patricia, it seems, is now living happily in a village deep
in the Amazonian rain forest. Without delay, Stéphane sets off
to find her and persuade her to agree to an amicable divorce. Patricia
has no intention of returning to the man she has grown to despise and so
is more than willing to give Stéphane what he wants.
The one thing that Stéphane hasn't bargained on is the revelation
that he has a young son, Mimi-Siku, who is equally oblivious to his existence.
It seems that the jungle boy has a burning desire to see the big city for
himself, so, on the pretext of establishing some kind of paternal rapport
with the child, Stéphane invites him to spend a few days with him
in Paris. Arrayed in his usual jungle attire, Mimi-Siku suffers far
less from the ensuing clash of cultures than his father. Within a few
days, the mischievous little boy succeeds in completely upending the lives
of Stéphane and his business partner Richard, just as these two stand
to lose a fortune through a mistimed business deal...
In his letters to his friends and family, Franz Kafka gives us a rich self-portrait that is surprisingly upbeat, nor the angst-ridden soul we might expect.
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.