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Overview

Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Jean Dujardin

    Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117

  2. Cast 1

    Bérénice Bejo

    Larmina El Akmar Betouche

  3. Cast 1

    Aure Atika

    La princesse Al Tarouk

  4. Cast 1

    Philippe Lefebvre

    Jack Jefferson

  5. Cast 1

    Constantin Alexandrov

    Setine

  6. Cast 1

    Saïd Amadis

    Le ministre égyptien

  7. Cast 1

    Laurent Bateau

    Gardenborough

  8. Cast 1

    Claude Brosset

    Le patron

  9. Cast 1

    François Damiens

    Raymond Pelletier

This was a solid debut for Hazanavicius and a very fun film. There's uneven pacing, but I was very pleased with this, which seemed an interesting hybrid between the James Bond and Pink Panther film series. I loved the scoring and cinematography as well. Dujardin's character was a bit strange and the pacing was a tad uneven, but those are small flaws. This is the first of Hazanavicius' films I have seen, though I have 'The Artist' on blu. I've heard that in the sequel, he jumps a decade to the 60's--it would be interesting, if they decide to eventually continue the series, if each film could be...

Status Released

Original LanguageFrench 

Budget$15,200,000.00

Revenue $23,055,884.00

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