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Earned back only 79% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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
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Alain Chabat directs. Laurent Dailland behind the camera. Frédéric Talgorn scores. Juliette Welfling cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
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StudioCanal
FR
Les Robins des Bois Airlines

TF1 Films Production
FR
Chez Wam
FR
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Movie1978
Movie1975
Movie2001
Movie2007
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Movie2022
Movie2025
Movie1996
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Movie1979