Summaries

Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.

An homage to classic spy films. It's 1955 and after a fellow agent and close friend disappears, secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117, is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he is busy investigating, foiling Nazi holdouts, quelling a fundamentalist rebellion, and bedding local beauties.—Signy

It's 1955, and relations are tense between Nasser's Egypt and France, friendly with Farouk. Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a French spy, is in Cairo to investigate the disappearance of Jack Jefferson, a fellow OSS operative and Hubert's best friend. Hubert's cover is an urban chicken ranch; his assistant is the beautiful Larmina. One Arab asks about Hubert: is he smart, or is he an imbecile? He fights well but he's supremely smug and self-confident, even as he's deaf to cultural nuance and others' feelings, so the odds are even that he might survive.—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • bound and gagged
  • flashback
  • friend
  • chicken
  • arms tied overhead
Genres
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Crime
Release date Apr 18, 2006
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin France
Language German Arabic French
Filming locations Devant l'hôtel Mamora, avenue Hassan II, Kenitra, Morocco
Production companies Gaumont M6 Films Mandarin Films

Box office

Budget $14000000
Gross US & Canada $303543
Opening weekend US & Canada $31418
Gross worldwide $23055884

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 39m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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