OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
(2006)
|
|
| 0Share... |
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
(2006)
|
|
| 0Share... |
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jean Dujardin | ... | ||
| François Damiens | ... |
Raymond Pelletier
|
|
|
|
Khalid Maadour | ... |
Le suiveur
|
|
|
Youssef Hamid | ... |
L'imam
|
|
|
Arsène Mosca | ... |
Loktar
|
|
|
Constantin Alexandrov | ... |
Setine
|
|
|
Claude Brosset | ... |
Le patron
|
| Laurent Bateau | ... |
Gardenborough
|
|
|
|
Saïd Amadis | ... |
Le ministre égyptien
|
|
|
Eric Prat | ... |
Plantieux
|
|
|
Abdellah Moundy | ... |
Slimane
(as Abdallah Moundy)
|
|
|
Philippe Lefebvre | ... |
Jack Jefferson
|
| Richard Sammel | ... |
Moeller
|
|
| Aure Atika | ... |
La princesse Al Tarouk
|
|
| Bérénice Bejo | ... |
Larmina El Akmar Betouche
|
|
An homage to classic spy films. It's 1955 and after a fellow agent and close friend disappears, secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117, is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he is busy investigating, foiling Nazi holdouts, quelling a fundamentalist rebellion, and bedding local beauties. Written by Signy
As a French, i found it very pleasant to be able to laugh at the old stereotype which is made of French like that, at some defaults of Westerners, at Spy movies etc...and at a lot of other things too, en route... I already saw it 3 times and each time i discovered new things and laughed to tears... Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Béjo, Aure Atika the director and all the cast, all the crew did a fantastic job. This movie is funny but is although much more than that : it's got plenty of levels to it. You laugh because of simple gags, because of some critics made with wit (the movie's courageous enough to be critical), because of physical comedy, because you believe in the characters etc... Esthetically and musically, it's a success too. Go see it if you can.