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2012 · family · adventure · comedy · monster

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami

Directed by Alain Chabat1h 45m2012

ElsewhereIMDb5.54k

cosy
kinetic
gentle
redemptive
tender
funny

Movie DNA

Cosy, breathless, gentle family / adventure, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When reporter Dan Geraldo arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito, D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!

Our read · HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded family · adventure · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

Cast

Alain Chabat Jamel Debbouze Fred Testot Lambert Wilson Patrick Timsit

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The shape of HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy

Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic

Intensity · GentleExtreme

Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal

Hope · NihilisticRedemptive

Stakes · IntimateEpic

Humour · NoneBroad

Reality · GroundedFantastical

Density · SparseTwisty

Warmth · ColdTender

Auteur · TransparentSignature

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