OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)

19/04/2006 (FR)•Crime, Action, Adventure, Comedy•1h 39m

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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.

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Jean Dujardin
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117
Bérénice Bejo
Larmina El Akmar Betouche
Aure Atika
La princesse Al Tarouk
Philippe Lefebvre
Jack Jefferson
Constantin Alexandrov
Setine
Saïd Amadis
Le ministre égyptien
Laurent Bateau
Gardenborough
Claude Brosset
Le patron
François Damiens
Raymond Pelletier

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A review by talisencrw

9.0

Written by talisencrw on May 11, 2016

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...