In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy tribe to get some shampoo for his tribe. When the healer of the Clean Hairs tribe surprisingly kills two cavemen of his tribe, their imbecile chief assigns Pierre with curled hair and Pierre blonde to investigate the murder and find the criminal.
Writing
Alain Chabat's dense wordplay and anachronistic genius
Costume
Gloriously bad wigs and prehistoric haute couture
Acting
Marina Foïs committing fully to cavewoman espionage
Director
Alain Chabat
Maurice Barthélemy
Pierre (le chef des Cheveux Propres)
Marina Foïs
Guy
Elise Larnicol
Pierre (la femme du chef des Cheveux Propres)
Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Pierre (la Touffe)
Jean-Paul Rouve
Pierre (le Blond)
Pascal Vincent
Pierre (le préveneur de nuit)
Alain Chabat
Pierre (le Guérissologue)
Jean Rochefort
Lucie
Gérard Depardieu
Le chef des Cheveux Sales
Damien Jouillerot
Piégeur
Samir Guesmi
Piégeur
Cyril Casmèze
Le cheveu sale muet
Patrick Médioni
Tonton
Michel Bouis
Tonton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alain Chabat was already a French comedy legend from Les Nuls; this cemented his reign as king of expensive, beautiful nonsense.
The film's massive budget made it one of France's most expensive comedies ever—mostly spent on elaborate cave sets and probably wigs.
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