Mandibles

2021 77 min ★ 6.3 Comedy, Fantasy

When two simple-minded best friends find a giant fly trapped in the trunk of a stolen car, they decide to train it in hopes of striking it rich.

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Cast

Grégoire Ludig

Manu / Fred Breton

David Marsais

Jean-Gab

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Agnès

India Hair

Cécile

Roméo Elvis

Serge

Coralie Russier

Sandrine

Bruno Lochet

Gilles

Raphaël Quenard

Raimondo

Marius Colucci

Gendarme 1

Thomas Blanchard

Gendarme 2

Details

Director

Quentin Dupieux

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Budget

$4,900,000

Revenue

$2,044,087

Production

Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Artémis Productions, Memento Production, VOO, BeTV, Shelter Prod

Reviews

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Chris Sawin

July 27, 2021

★ 5/10

Quentin Dupieux has always made strange films that usually can’t be categorized as anything other than bizarre. His filmmaking career seems to have culminated with Deerskin, which is his funniest and most coherent film to date. Mandibles feels like a withdrawn version of Dupieux though. There’s a giant fly, but we don’t see enough of her as we’re subjected to two morons trying to get a free pass o...

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CinemaSerf

September 27, 2026

★ 7/10

There's not much in it, but "Jean-Gab" (David Marsais) is the marginally brighter of a pairing with his best pal "Manu" (Grégoire Ludig) who have been given a simple task by their boss for which they'll get 500 Euros. How hard can it be? All they have to do is drive. Well on their way, they start to hear a strange noise coming from the boot of their car. Stopping and opening it, they discover a fl...