Avida

Avida (2006)

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.

Date of release
2006-09-13
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (31)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Zoo de Maubeuge

Avida is a 2006 French black comedy film written and directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern. Shot in black-and-white, the film uses surreal humour and features little dialogue.

Production

The film was shot in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region between 25 July and 20 August 2005. The zoo scenes were shot at the zoo of the French commune of Maubeuge.

The film is considered close to surrealism by critics due to its unconventional story and bizarre characters. Shot in black-and-white, the film uses absurd gags and contains very little dialogue. The directors, however, have insisted Avida is not a surrealist film but rather an homage to surrealism and specifically to Luis Buñuel's 1930 film L'Age d'Or.

The film is also a tribute to the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. The film's title is an allusion to ávida dollars ("eager for dollars"), which is an anagram of Salvador Dalí. The anagram was coined by the surrealist theorist André Breton, who used it to document Dalí's increasing celebrity status in the United States.

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