![]() Add in outdated language that refers to Wanu and his tribe as "Indians" - though enjoyable, it's a somewhat inauspicious beginning for the movie. ![]() Those early scenes in France also bear an air of exploitative othering, as the humor largely rides on the incongruity of shaman Wanu appearing in a great metropolis in only the minimal garb of his people. While essential to establish characters and start the plot, the first 40 minutes linger a regrettably long time for an adventure-comedy that ultimately takes us to South America. Reviewed by I_Ailurophile 8 / 10 Charming, pleasant, (imperfect) adventurous fun However it looks like it is to late for animosities as the shaman and Perrin seem to be tied mentally somehow since they've met in the elevator. ![]() The latter is not very interested in meeting the shaman again. Hardly being able to speak and laying in a hospital bed he demands to see Perrin. After an official meeting on the next day being part of the PR campaign the shaman suffers from a heart attack. He follows Perrin to his flat and although Perrin is not very enthusiastic about so much interest in his person, he lets the shaman spend the night in his flat. In a hotel's elevator in Paris he meets a French good-for-nothing named Perrin he's fascinated with. ![]() A shaman from the South American rain forest visits France for a public relations campaign.
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