Little Indian, Big City
“The city is a jungle. Some are just better prepared for it, than others.”
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?
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Cast
33 people
Thierry Lhermitte
Stéphane Marchadot
Known for
French Fried Vacation 2
The Dinner Game
Patrick Timsit
Richard Montignac
Known for
Hidden Kisses
Dragon Hunters
Ludwig Briand
Mimi-Siku
Known for
The Cave of the Golden Rose 5
Miou-Miou
Patricia dite "Paliku"
Known for
Dumped
Germinal
Arielle Dombasle
Charlotte
Known for
Around the World in 80 Days
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Sonia Vollereaux
Marie Montignac
Also in
Great, My Parents Divorce!
Textiles
Tolsty
Pavel Koutchnoukov
Also in
Ronin
Queen Margot
Jackie Berroyer
Maître Joanovici
Known for
Bye Bye Morons
Calvaire
Marc de Jonge
Roustan
Known for
Rambo III
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Louba Guertchikoff
Mme Godet
Known for
Paparazzi
Philippe Bruneau
M. Maréchal
Known for
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
Dominique Besnehard
Maître Dong
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Les Misérables
Hervé Palud Director · Igor Aptekman Story Tonton David Composer
Worldwide gross $70M · Budget $5.3M · United States release March 22, 1996
Box office
Budget
$5,300,000
Worldwide gross
$70,500,000
Gross vs. budget
13.3×
Production
PROCIREP
Production
TF1 Films Production
Production
Ice Films
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production · Studio
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Un Indien dans la ville
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Russian
Release dates
France · December 14, 1994
Theatrical
United States · March 22, 1996
Theatrical
Czechia
August 24, 1995 · Theatrical
France
December 8, 1998 · Physical · DVD
January 1, 2015 · Digital · VOD
January 10, 2025 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray (4K restored version)
July 22, 2026 · TV · TF1
Slovakia
July 9, 1999 · TV · Markíza
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