Espion, lève-toi (1982)
- Directed by
- Yves Boisset
- Genre
- spy film, thriller film, political thriller film
- Country
- France, Switzerland
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 83 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A sleeper agent living quietly in Zurich is forced back into action. The film follows his struggle as old loyalties and new threats collide around him.
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What happens
Espion, lève-toi 1982 is a French spy thriller film directed by Yves Boisset about a sleeper agent in Zurich, based on the thriller Chance Awakening (1977) by George Markstein. This film was first supposed to be directed by Andrzej Żuławski, but in the end it was Yves Boisset who did it. This was the second time that Yves Boisset worked together with Ennio Morricone, after their 1972 film Plot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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