OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)

Original title

OSS 117 : Alerte rouge en Afrique noire

Directed by

Nicolas Bedos

Genre

comedy film, spy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

M

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 864 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French secret agent named OSS 117 gets sent to a fictional African country in 1981. He works with a younger spy named OSS 1001 on a mission that involves outdated attitudes and clumsy espionage.

funnylightheartedsillysatiricalbouncytongue-in-cheekretroplayful

What happens

OSS 117: From Africa with Love (original French title in France: OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique Noire; lit. 'OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa', title in Quebec: OSS 117: Bons baisers d'Afrique, lit. 'OSS 117: "Warm Greetings" from Africa') is a 2021 French spy comedy film directed by Nicolas Bedos from a screenplay by Jean-François Halin. It is the eleventh film based on the Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117 character created by Jean Bruce and the third in the parody series starring Jean Dujardin as a comedic take on the titular character, preceded by OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009), both of which were directed by Michel Hazanavicius. From Africa with Love is set in 1981, 14 years after Lost in Rio, and follows OSS 117 on a mission in Black Africa (unknown country) where he teams up with a young agent, OSS 1001. It co-stars Pierre Niney, Fatou N'Diaye, Natacha Lindinger, Habib Dembélé, Pol White, Gilles Cohen, and Wladimir Yordanoff. The film premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on 21 July 2021, and theatrically released on 4 August 2021 in France and Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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