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Struggle for Life
6.8
/10
922 Ratings

Synopsis

Marc Châtaigne, an intern at the Ministry of the Standard, is sent to French Guyana for the construction of Guyaneige, the Amazon’s first indoor ski slope. Accidentally, he gets stuck in the jungle with his assertive teammate Tarzan. Much to his dislike, they now need to work together to get out.

Our take

Slapstick meets Survivor in Antonin Peretjatko’s delirious farce, a jungle comedy and biting political satire set in French Guyana. Taking aim at everything from colonialism and commercialism to bureaucracy and gender politics, this laugh-riot made it to Cahiers du cinéma’s top ten of the year!