

Mandibles
When two simple-minded best friends find a giant fly trapped in the trunk of a stolen car, they decide to train it in hopes of striking it rich.
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6.3/10
639 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4.9M
- Box office
- $2M
- Language
- French
- giant insect
- fly (insect)
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereRendez-Vous with French Cinema12 Mar 2021
- Theatrical23 Jul 2021
- Digital / OTT23 Jul 2021
United KingdomGB
- Premiere15Edinburgh International Film Festival21 Aug 2021
- Theatrical17 Sept 2021
- Digital / OTT1520 Sept 2021
CanadaCA
- Theatrical9 Jul 2021
- TVSuper Écran4 Mar 2022
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereMar del Plata Film Festival7 Nov 2022
AustriaAT
- PremiereCrossing Europe Linz Film Festival1 Jun 2021
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical149 Jun 2021
ChinaCN
- PremiereHainan Island International Film Festival8 Dec 2020
- Digital / OTT欢喜首映独播12 Jan 2024
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15 Jul 2021
EgyptEG
- PhysicalDVD28 Dec 2022
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical5 Aug 2021
FinlandFI
- PremiereK-16Night Visions International Film Festival1 Dec 2021
FranceFR
- PremiereFestival International du Film Grolandais de Toulouse16 Sept 2020
- Theatrical19 May 2021
- PhysicalDVD21 Sept 2021
- Digital / OTTMyCanal25 Jan 2022
- TVC8, free TV premiere14 May 2024
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Mandibles was released on 19 May 2021.
Audience reviews
2- C5/10
Chris Sawin
7/27/2021
Quentin Dupieux has always made strange films that usually can’t be categorized as anything other than bizarre. His filmmaking career seems to have culminated with Deerskin, which is his funniest and most coherent film to date. Mandibles feels like a withdrawn version of Dupieux though. There’s a giant fly, but we don’t see enough of her as we’re subjected to two morons trying to get a free pass on life. Its attempts…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/27/2026
There's not much in it, but "Jean-Gab" (David Marsais) is the marginally brighter of a pairing with his best pal "Manu" (Grégoire Ludig) who have been given a simple task by their boss for which they'll get 500 Euros. How hard can it be? All they have to do is drive. Well on their way, they start to hear a strange noise coming from the boot of their car. Stopping and opening it, they discover a fly the size of a fami…
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