Top 10 french comedy movies for a good laugh french iceberg. Cairo, nest of spies stars jean dujardin, berenice bejo, aure atika, philippe lefebvre the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of out of 100. Lost in rio, a film that offers a rare glimpse of a brand of french cinema not known to us audiences. A french spy spoof that satisfyingly sends up bond and france alike. In south america, particularly in brazil, anybody leads suicide attacks on a major policies. In 1957 oss 117 is not dead oss 117 nest pas mort premiered, with ivan desny in the title role.
The character is played by the famous french actor. Deadly with a weapon, invincible with his bare hands, but slow to make the right mental connection, oss 117 never breaks our laughing mood as he. Jean dujardin is playing a racist and misogynist character the perfect gentleman. The movie takes place in egypt in 1955 and oss 117 is sent there to put everything in order. Lost in rio 2009 starring jean dujardin and louise monot on dvd and bluray. Oss 117, considered to be the finest agent by his superiors but is in reality a bumbling french james bond. Cairo, nest of spies 2006 4 subtitles downloaded 736 times. Oss 117 movie download osx mountain lion how to get microsoft word for free unt can i remove microsoft word from one computer and put it on another. Cairo, nest of spies movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Sep 12, 20 the mercer island sister city association, the mercer island arts council and aljoya will host the french film oss 117. Top 10 easy to understand french movies french today.
Le caire, nid d espions, is a 2006 french spy comedy film directed and cowritten by michel. Rio ne repond plus stars jean dujardin, louise monnot, rudiger vogler, alex lutz the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and received a score of 58 out of 100 on. The mercer island sister city association, the mercer island arts council and aljoya will host the french film oss 117. Secret agent oss 117 foils nazis, beds local beauties, and. Staffords hubert goes through a similar scene where a group of giggling geishas undress and bathe him, and at one point the. With jean dujardin, francois damiens, khalid maadour, youssef hamid. Oss 117, who in the tradition of maxwell smart and inspector clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude. Another mission of worldknown french secret agent leads him to exotic brazil. Jean dujardin has the right silly face to play that role. Frederick staffords second oss 117 thriller oss 117.
No sequels followed but after the first james bond movie, dr. A boxoffice sensation in france, comic star jean dujardin stars as secret agent. Bruce wrote 88 oss 117 novels for the french publishing house fleuve noir espionnage series beginning. As he tracks down a microfilm that is compromising for the french stat.
It literally means oss 117 the spy who loved himself. Hes a bit stupid but always manages to solve a case and that with alot of luck. In this film, set in 1955, oss 117 is dispatched to le caire for a mission because of his knowledge of the muslim world, only to nearly start a holy war just because an imam wakes him up with his morning prayers. With jean dujardin, louise monot, rudiger vogler, alex lutz. Le caire, nid despions, is a 2006 french spy comedy film directed and cowritten by michel hazanavicius in his feature film debut. Cairo, nest of spies released in france as oss 117. Kerwin matthews, frederick stafford, john gavin, curt jurgens, lucianna paluzzi, irina demick, robert hossein, pier angeli, margaret lee, george eastman, andre hunebelle, michel boisrond. Directed by michel hazanavicius and starring jean dujardin. The french secret agent oss 117 is a mixture of austin powers, james bond and peter sellers in the pink panther. As he tracks down a microfilm that is compromising for the french. This is the most usefull, easy, efficient and funny way that i can. May 14, 2010 jean dujardin and louise monot star in oss 117. Mission to tokyo atout coeur a tokyo pour oss 117 is selfexplanatory its our french hero at large in japan a full year before james bond got there.
A french special agent saunters off to cairo with orders to make the middle east safe and sets about offending women, muslims and anyone else who isnt an unreconstructed french 1950s male. He has some microfilm with the name of every french wartime collaborator. A blithe and witty sendup not only of spy films of that era and the suave. But then i discovered from variety that the character agent 117 actually appeared in a novel in 1949. French spy spoof set in swinging 67 rio the new york times. Twelve years after cairo, oss 117 is back on a new mission at the other end of the world. Teaming up with a sexy mossad agent he has to capture a nazi blackmailer with an embarrassingly long list of world war ii french collaborators. The year is 1955, and oss117 has been sent to cairo to monitor the growing suez crisis, make contact with a beautiful agent larmina, played by berenice bejo, and generally promote french power. It stars jean dujardin, berenice bejo, and aure atika. French lessons made by a french dude from paris, france.
Oss 117 is a french series of spy films based on the work of writer jean bruce. The original series four or five books a year lasted from 1949 to 1963, until the death of jean bruce, and was continued by his wife and children until 1992. From the investigation it transpires that the assassins is in a state of hypnosis. Oct 06, 2016 french lessons made by a french dude from paris, france.
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