- Release Date: 2006
- Runtime: 83 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: Anselme, Fernando Arrabal, Anne Benett, Beu ... see all
- Director: Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern
- Plot: 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... Read more
User Reviews
Don't be misled by people trying to tell you not to be misled by festival booklets
Mar 16, 2008
missingtth - imdb.com
Mar 16, 2008missingtth - imdb.com
This film is brilliant - but there will be a fair share of naysayers who will criticize the film for ridiculous reasons. The fact is that AVIDA is extremely creative and progressive film-making and might actually make you think about society... Full review
Don't be misled by festival booklets
Apr 15, 2007
bilge-aksan - imdb.com
Apr 15, 2007bilge-aksan - imdb.com
If you are planning to schedule your program for a film festival, do not be misled by what it says in the booklet. This is a complete waste of time and energy. I have watched Bunuel, I have seen Dali, and... Full review
Neverending nonsense.
Oct 10, 2006
Daniel Sobral - imdb.com
Oct 10, 2006Daniel Sobral - imdb.com
Avida is a game of words mingling life and eagerness, but I personally think this movie was overblown by its ambition and does not make justice to its title. It gathers a set of awkward characters united by unbelievable links. Furthermore,... Full review
Surrealistic meditation on best tracks of European film-making
Aug 25, 2006
petar mitric - imdb.com
Aug 25, 2006petar mitric - imdb.com
Best artistic film i have seen in years. Incredibly connected to Buñuel/Dali's "An Andalusian Dog" (quoted few other Buñuel's films as well) brings completely fresh vision of surrealism. I saw this film together with a Hollywood actors agent who was completely... Full review
Critics Reviews
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Avida is portrayed by well-upholstered actress, Velvet, who perfectly embodies bourgeois malaise but she has her own agenda and by force of personality soon imposes it on our hapless trio, who, in their usual inept fashion try to humour her.
Apparently anything Kervern is involved in has a knack of going very, very wrong and justice is seen to be done in a suitably bizarre fashion.
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Avida (DVD)
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2008-07-21
Connect to Facebook/Twitter, recommend via email and much more. The French surrealist comedy "Avida" is best appreciated as a series of darkly comic vignettes and not as a narrative whole. ... Full Article
In a world where the wealthy lock themselves in their homes with angry pitbulls trained to protect them, and zoos open restaurants where they can dine on the animals on display, a mute animal handler (Gustave Kervern, who co-wrote/directed) falls... ... Full Article




