Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
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Michel Hazanavicius
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| Jean Dujardin | ... | Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117 | |
| François Damiens | ... | Raymond Pelletier | |
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Khalid Maadour | ... | Le suiveur |
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Youssef Hamid | ... | L'imam |
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Arsène Mosca | ... | Loktar |
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Constantin Alexandrov | ... | Setine |
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Claude Brosset | ... | Le patron |
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Laurent Bateau | ... | Gardenborough |
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Saïd Amadis | ... | Le ministre égyptien |
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Eric Prat | ... | Plantieux |
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Abdellah Moundy | ... | Slimane (as Abdallah Moundy) |
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Philippe Lefebvre | ... | Jack Jefferson |
| Richard Sammel | ... | Moeller | |
| Aure Atika | ... | La princesse Al Tarouk | |
| Bérénice Bejo | ... | Larmina El Akmar Betouche | |
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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
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friend | spy | bound and gagged | arms tied overhead | lingerie slip |Taglines:
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Country:
FranceRelease Date:
9 May 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
€14,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$31,418, 11 May 2008, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$302,752, 12 October 2008Company Credits
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La princesse Al Tarouk: No. Tied up.
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117: Gagged, too?
La princesse Al Tarouk: Yes.
[after OSS 117 binds a scarf over her mouth, the princess starts to make enthusiastic noises]
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117: Eh?
[OSS 117 pulls the scarf from her mouth]
La princesse Al Tarouk: Come here, snake!
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117: Make it fast. I only have a few hours.
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Original lyrics by Nicolas Salerno (as Nisa)
Music by Giuseppe Fanciulli (as G. Fanciulli)
Adaptation française de Jacques Larue
Avec l'aimable autorisation de S.E.M.I.
Performed by Jean Dujardin (as Malou sur Mort de Jack)
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French visa # 113138 delivered on 5-4-2006. See more »Goofs
When OSS 117 learns to count in Arabic, Larmina coaches him: "Wahed, Jouj...". She should be counting in Egyptian Arabic, but instead she uses Moroccan Arabic. An Egyptian would not use (or understand) "Jouj" for two. The word is "Itnayn". See more »Quotes
[after agreeing to make love to the princess, OSS 117 begins to untie her from the bed]La princesse Al Tarouk: No. Tied up.
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117: Gagged, too?
La princesse Al Tarouk: Yes.
[after OSS 117 binds a scarf over her mouth, the princess starts to make enthusiastic noises]
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117: Eh?
[OSS 117 pulls the scarf from her mouth]
La princesse Al Tarouk: Come here, snake!
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117: Make it fast. I only have a few hours.
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Soundtracks
BambinoOriginal lyrics by Nicolas Salerno (as Nisa)
Music by Giuseppe Fanciulli (as G. Fanciulli)
Adaptation française de Jacques Larue
Avec l'aimable autorisation de S.E.M.I.
Performed by Jean Dujardin (as Malou sur Mort de Jack)
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I just saw this film last night, and I have to say that I loved every minute. If taken in the spirit of a parody of Bond-esquire films, it's truly superior. The true comedy of the film is in its blatant disregard for political correctness. The misogyny, cultural insensitivity, and almost laughable macho-ism of the films of this genre are used for major comic effect. It also calls the illogic and formulaic elements to task, with Agent OSS 117 constantly learning difficult things insanely quick (such as Arabic and how to play a traditional instrument) while missing some pathetically obvious clues. Some of the lines from the film left me laughing for hours after the movie was finished...and I have to say I have learned some...interesting...French vocabulary that would probably have my Professors quite exasperated with me were I to use. All in all, I thought this film excellent. Intensely funny and the first film I've ever seen that truly parodies all aspects of the spy film.