Operaatio: Pihvi

Original title: L'opération Corned Beef

1991
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

2.9K

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Action Comedy Romance

Squale, an ace spy, is called back from South America to carry out a tough operation. Goal: dismantle an international arms traffic masterminded by an important French government official. S... Read allSquale, an ace spy, is called back from South America to carry out a tough operation. Goal: dismantle an international arms traffic masterminded by an important French government official. Squale triggers off a squall that blasts away everything in its wake: people, cars, and hel... Read allSquale, an ace spy, is called back from South America to carry out a tough operation. Goal: dismantle an international arms traffic masterminded by an important French government official. Squale triggers off a squall that blasts away everything in its wake: people, cars, and helicopters. The Lemercier, Clavier and Reno trio steal the thunder in this uproarious operat... Read all

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IMDb RATING

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2.9K

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Jean Reno and Isabelle Renauld in Operaatio: Pihvi (1991)

Christian Clavier and Isabelle Renauld in Operaatio: Pihvi (1991)

Jean Reno and Christian Clavier in Operaatio: Pihvi (1991)

Mireille Rufel in Operaatio: Pihvi (1991)

Christian Clavier in Operaatio: Pihvi (1991)

Trivia
The film was released in Spain in 1994, 3 years after its original release in France due to the success of Vierailijat (1993) in the country.

Crazy credits
At the very end of the credits there is a message saying "Et pour tous ceux qui lisent les génériques de fin jusqu'au bout : un petit bisou !", meaning "And for all those who read the end credits to the end: a little kiss!"

Connections
Referenced in Suojelusenkelit (1995)

Soundtracks
Robin des Bois
Music by Francis Lopez
Lyrics by François Llenas
Performed by Luc Barney

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8/10

Excellent Spy Comedy

There's no shortage of spy comedies; in fact the whole genre of spy movies (even serious ones) is constantly in danger of slipping into spoof territory. So, making a spy comedy that's "different" or refreshing in any way is not easy - yet "Operation Corned Beef" succeeds, It does so by going a different route - here, we have no silly technical gadgets, we don't have a megalomanic villain, we have neither an army of martial arts experts nor nubile young women - the comedy centers on the simple fact that even agents have a private life, and from there on hilarity ensues. While all proceedings seem rather by-the-book, the intrusion of everyday life makes even simple tasks like bugging a conversation or removing a bystander from an important scene a sysiphosian task. Highly recommended!

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