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{{Infobox Film
| name = Blueberry: L'expérience secrète
| image = Blueberry_movie.jpg
| caption = ''Blueberry: L'expérience secrète'' DVD box art
| director = ]
| producer =
| writer = ]<br />]<br />]
| starring = ]<br />]<br />]
| cinematography = ]
| music = ]<br />]
| editing = ]<br />]<br />]
| distributor = ] (2004) (USA) (as "Renegade")
| released = ], ]
| runtime = 124 min.
| country = France,Mexico,USA
| language = ], ], ] ]
| amg_id =
| imdb_id = 0276830
| budget =
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'''''Blueberry''''' (''Blueberry: L'expérience secrète'') is a ] movie adaptation of the popular ] series '']'', illustrated by ] (better known as Moebius) and scripted by ]. It very loosely based on the comic (so much so that the late Charlier's family disowned the film) and adds in mystical and ]ic elements not present in the source material of interest to the movie's ], ]. The film starred the French star ] as the title character along with ] and ]. Although the film is a French production, the language of the film is in English because the story is set in America's ] in the 1870s. Since the character of Blueberry remains obscure in the States, the film was released on DVD in America in November 2004 under the title ''Renegade'' and marketed very much as a conventional ].
==Plot==
U.S Marshal Mike Donovan (referred to as Broken Nose by the native tribe; unlike in the comic he does not have the nickname Blueberry) has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and took care of him. The evil actions of Blount, a "white sorceror" lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rituals involving ]s, conquer his fears and uncover a ] he would much rather deny.

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Actor
! Role
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| ] || Blueberry
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| ] || Maria
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| ] || Wallace Sebastian Blount
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| ] || Runi
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| ] || Rolling Star
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| ] || Woodhead
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| ] || Young Mike
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| ] || Sullivan
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| ] || Lola
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| ] || Kateri
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| ] || Madeleine
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| ] || Kheetseen
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| ] || Uncle
|-
| ] || Prosit
|-
| ] || McClure
|}

==Behind the Scenes==
Jean Giraud, the famous ] creator and the illustrator of the original ''Blueberry'' comics, appears in a ] in the film, while ], who had appeared in several ]s and his daughter ] play a father and daughter in the movie.

The movie features several elaborate ] ] sequences which portray Blueberry's shamanic experiences from his point of view. ], the director of the film, drew upon his extensive first hand knowledge of '']'' rituals in order to design the visuals for these sequences, Kounen having undergone the ceremony at least a hundred times with a ] language speakers in ]. An actual ''ayahuasca'' guide appears in the film and performs a sacred chant. However, in the film, the exact nature of the ] sacrament which Blueberry (and the villain enemy Blount) drink remains undisclosed, although, during the final visionary scene, there is a bowl of leaves shown accompanied by a twisting vine which closely resembled the shape of '']''. Historically, ]s living in the ], would have had no geographic access to ''ayahuasca''.

The Sacred Mountains, reputed to have a rich vein of ] in the film, obviously seem inspired by the ] of ].

Peyote is shown growing in the sacred areas throughout the film, and the buttons are prominently displayed at the end, although we cannot be sure what Rumi offers to the Marshall either time.

==See also==
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==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=0276830|title=Blueberry}}

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