That Man from Rio (1964)

Original title

L'Homme de Rio

Directed by

Philippe de Broca

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, crime film, treasure hunt film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 352 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French soldier goes on a chase across South America to recover a stolen statuette. The adventure leads him through Rio de Janeiro and Brasília while trying to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend.

lightheartedfast-pacedwhimsicalplayfuladventurouscomicalexoticfun

What happens

That Man from Rio (French: L'Homme de Rio) is a 1964 French-Italian international co-production adventure film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac. It was the first film to be made by the French subsidiary of United Artists, Les Productions Artistes Associés. The film was a huge success with a total of 4,800,626 admissions in France, becoming the 5th highest earning film of the year. This spoof of James Bond-type films features location photography by Edmond Séchan of Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and Paris. At the 37th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film is directly inspired by the comics of Belgian cartoonist Hergé, featuring a number of scenes that are direct retelling of plot points in The Adventures of Tintin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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