Le Poulpe (1998)
Directed by Guillaume Nicloux
Genres - Comedy Drama |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Bhob Stewart
Gillaume Nicloux directed this French comedy drama about amateur sleuth Gabriel Lecouvreur, aka The Octopus (Jean-Pierre Darroussin), a Gallic gumshoe with no fixed address, who travels with his girlfriend Cheryl (Clotilde Courau) to a harbor town in western France. The graves of Cheryl's grandparents have been desecrated, and during their investigation of this, they encounter a half-dozen demented denizens and other looney locals. More than 100 paperbacks by different writers have chronicled The Octopus' adventures; this is the first film featuring the character.