screenshots / Little Indian, Big City (aka: Un indien dans la ville) / 1994 Ice Films-TF1 Films Production

Original French title: Un indien dans la ville (An Indian in the city).

This French comedy film was aquired by Walt Disney Pictures (in advance of their 1997 remake Jungle 2 Jungle), dubbed in English and retitled Little Indian, Big City for a limited 1996 release under the Touchstone Pictures label.

Directed by Hervé Palud the film stars Thierry Lhermitte, whose later credits include An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) and The Prince of the Pacific (2000).

Cast as Mimi-Siku, French actor Ludwig Briand (named after Ludwig van Beethoven) got his first acting job in 1991 at the age of ten as Gavroche in the stage musical Les Misérables.

The story was adapted as a 45 page graphic novel by Belgian comic and storyboard artist Vincent Deporter.

The film was also later adapted into a video game in 1996 for Nintendo's Game Boy console.

In addition to the Venezuelan Amazon Rainforest, filming locations include Paris, France and Miami, Florida.

A soundtrack CD of music from the motion picture was released on Hollywood Records.