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OSS117: The Spy in Cairo

OSS117: The Spy in Cairo

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  • director:Michel Azanavicius
  • Starring:Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, François Damien
  • type: comedy
  • area:America
  • language:English
  • Release:2006
  • update:2024-11-03 22:01:25
Plot:
In 1955, Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The descendants of the lonely Pharaoh family wanted to take back their throne, and the secret religious organization K wanted to manipulate the government. The French president also sent his own secret agent 117 to stir up trouble. Absurd things are endless. Britain has a Bond 007, and France has an agent 117. And this 117 was active on the screen as early as 1949, 4 years earlier than the first Bond. However, the strengths of this 117 are comedy rather than gunfights and special weapons. The overall style of the film is relaxed, humorous, and very French. The male protagonist's language, expressions, and actions are full of 50s style, which makes people laugh, and even has sleek hair with hairspray! Of course, there are also female spies. They don't have hot bodies like Bond girls, but their words and deeds are elegant and humorous. Are you a little tired of the invincible Bond and his girls? Why not let us feel the French self-mockery together. Director introduction: French director, actor, screenwriter, once acted in "Everybody Loves My Wife" in 2001, served as the screenwriter of "Dalton Brothers" in 2004. He directed "Mesamis" in 1999. Behind the scenes: The Tokyo Film Festival jury awarded the highest award of the film festival, the Golden Kirin Award, to the French comedy film "OSS117 Cairo Nest of Spies", and received a prize of 100,000 US dollars. The film was directed by French comedy star Jean Dujardin. Its winning was generally considered to be a surprise at this film festival, even the film's director Michel Hazanavicius thought so. He said at the press conference: "It is extremely rare for a comedy to win any award, let alone the highest award of the film festival. I am surprised that we can win this award, and I feel very, very honored." This spy film mixes French satire and deliberate wisdom to show the spirit of French comedy to the world again. The OSS spy series, which was popular in the 50s and 60s, still has a large number of die-hard fans today. The new work in the series invited French movie star Jean Dujardin, who has appeared in many film and television works such as "The Transporter" and "The Rolls", to play the spy. The film was well received during its release in France, and once revived the French film industry, which was at the bottom. The appearance of the OOS spy is similar to that of 007, but compared with the powerful scientific and technological power behind 007, OOS117 even secretly developed its own equipment.