Little Indian, Big City

Dec 14, 1994

1h 30m

★ 6.0

The city is a jungle. Some are just better prepared for it, than others.

Overview

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?

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Family

Comedy

Production Companies

PROCIREP

TF1 Films Production

Ice Films

Touchstone Pictures

Little Indian, Big City Trailers

Cast

Stéphane Marchadot

Thierry Lhermitte

Richard Montignac

Patrick Timsit

Mimi-Siku

Ludwig Briand

Patricia dite "Paliku"

Miou-Miou

Charlotte

Arielle Dombasle

Marie Montignac

Sonia Vollereaux

Pavel Koutchnoukov

Tolsty

Maître Joanovici

Jackie Berroyer

Roustan

Marc de Jonge

Mme Godet

Louba Guertchikoff

M. Maréchal

Philippe Bruneau

Maître Dong

Dominique Besnehard

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