Melanie as: Natacha
  Genre: Comedy
  Director: Olivier Van Hoofstadt
  Writers: Olivier Legrain, Olivier Van Hoofstadt
  Released: 21 June 2006 (France/Begium)
  Status: On DVD
  Other Cast: Jean-Luc Couchard, Dominique Pinon, Marion Cotillard
  Runtime: 84min
  Rated: N/A

Two thick-headed pals stumble through a town where nearly everyone is as dumb as they are in this manic comedy from Belguim. Jean-Claude (Jean-Luc Couchard) is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef (Dominique Pinon), a self-styled lady killer who would do better with the fair sex if he could work up the ambition to wake up in the morning. Stef has decided that despite his lofty ambitions, he may need some help in findnig the woman of his dreams, and embracing loyalty rather than logic he turns to Jean-Claude for advice. As Jean-Claude explains his deeply flawed techniques for impressing women, he and Stef cross the paths of a handful of local eccentrics, including perpetual mugging victim Greg (Jeremie Renier), misguided school teacher Nadine (Marion Cotillard), sex crazed Natacha (Melanie Laurent), short-tempered cop Laurence (Florence Foresti), wealthy spoiled brat Fabianna (Marie Kremer), and abattoir enthusiast Caludy (Francois Damiens).

• Anderlecht, Brussels - Belgium
• Brussels - Belgium
• Knokke-het-Zoute, West-Vlaanderen - Belgium

• First full-length feature of director Olivier Van Hoofstadt.

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A Great Example of Belgian Cartoonlike Humor
From: Steve Krief of Paris, France. Rated: **********
"For those who enjoyed "C'est arrive pres de chez vous", "Dikkenek" is a must see. It's made up of the same surrealist energy, encouraging to love the worst in humankind. While one can easily be disgusted by the character Jean-Claude, by his vulgar language, by the smell of the pigs he slaughters following him, he tends to become sort of attractive by his repulsion. This enables him to convince beautiful Natacha of posing for nude pictures. In "C'est arrive..." the serial killer played by Benoit Poelvoorde has the same effect, inspired by poetry in between murders, rapes and body tossing. In "Dikkenek", both men and women play tough persons with short fuse Stef and police boss Laurence. She is played by Florence Foresti, a great French stand-up artist, master of the improv. Jeremie Renier, who played in the great film made by the Dardenne brothers "L'Enfant", serves as an original link in the movie. Check out the movie's website where you'll here some of the great lines."

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