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OSS 117: Lost in Rio

2009 · 100 min

A breezy, retro-styled spy caper that plays as a deadpan joke machine, gleefully letting its clueless hero embarrass himself while the swinging-sixties scenery glides by.

Overview
In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • politics
  • race
  • gender
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour9
Realism4
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
crime, action, comedy
Directed by
Michel Hazanavicius
Written by
Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-François Halin
Starring
Jean Dujardin, Louise Monot, Alex Lutz, Reem Kherici, Rüdiger Vogler, Pierre Bellemare, Ken Samuels, Serge Hazanavicius
Music
Ludovic Bource
Cinematography
Guillaume Schiffman
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
Portuguese, French, English, Hebrew

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