Underplayed Gems

In the Belly of the Dragon (1989)

In the Belly of the Dragon poster
Original title
Dans le ventre du dragon
Directed by
Yves Simoneau
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An aimless young man takes a job handing out flyers. He signs up to be a drug testing subject for two scientists and goes missing. His coworkers then try to find him before the experiments go wrong.

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What happens

In the Belly of the Dragon (French: Dans le ventre du dragon) is a Canadian comedy science fiction film, directed by Yves Simoneau and released in 1989. The film stars David La Haye as Lou, an aimless slacker who is dissatisfied with his job distributing flyers around the city, and signs up to be a drug testing subject for two mysterious scientists (Monique Mercure and Marie Tifo); meanwhile, his delivery colleagues Steve (Rémy Girard) and Bozo (Michel Côté) must team up to find and rescue him before the medical experiments go horribly wrong. The cast also includes Andrée Lachapelle, Pierre Curzi, Jean-Louis Millette, Roy Dupuis, Angèle Coutu, Suzanne Champagne and Pierrette Robitaille. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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