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Plot

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.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy,Drama
Run Time:
100min.
Distributor(s):
Bac Films
Director(s):
Guillaume Nicloux
Starring:
Jean-Pierre Darroussin , Clotilde Courau , Stephanie Boucher , Julie Delarme , Aristide Demonico
Country of Origin:
France (10-07-1998)