Saïda Makes Off with the Manneken Pis
About Saïda Makes Off with the Manneken Pis
The leopard Saïda gets away from a fairground and carries off the Manneken Pis, the statue of a boy in a Brussels fountain. Police go after the animal. Saïda is not caught, and passersby run whenever the leopard turns up.
Cast & crew
More about Saïda Makes Off with the Manneken Pis
Alfred Machin directed and is credited with the writing. The French title is Saïda a enlevé Manneken-Pis. Arthur Devère, Fernand Gravey, Willy Maury, and Nicolas Ambreville are in the cast. IMDb times it at 7 minutes. The Belgian site Sabzian lists a 14-minute copy.
Themes
Notes
- Saïda is the leopard's name, not a woman's.
- Manneken Pis is the small bronze boy in a Brussels fountain.
- Sabzian quotes Eric de Kuyper's 1995 book on Machin, which treats the later films as fables rather than psychological stories.
- An English title used on IMDb is Saïda Has Kidnapped the Manneken Pis.
Scenes
- Saïda leaves the fair with the Manneken Pis.
- Crowds scatter each time the leopard appears.
