Up to His Ears (1965)

Original title

Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine

Directed by

Philippe de Broca

Genre

comedy film, adventure film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 197 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy and restless man fakes his own death to escape his life. He sets off on a wild journey through China with a beautiful woman.

lightheartedwhimsicalfast-pacedcomedicquirkyexuberantadventurous

What happens

Up to His Ears (French: Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine or in English, "Tribulations of a Chinaman in China") is a 1965 French-Italian international co-production adventure comedy film starring Jean Paul Belmondo and Ursula Andress. It was an indirect sequel to That Man from Rio reuniting many of the same team; directed by Philippe de Broca written by Daniel Boulanger, stunt work by Gil Delamare it was loosely based on the 1879 novel Tribulations of a Chinaman in China by Jules Verne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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