OSS 117 Lost in Rio - Review

Release date : May 7, 2010

Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
With Jean Dujardin, Louise Monot and Rüdiger Vogler

French movie.
Genre : Adventure, comedy
Length : 1h39
Production year : 2009 













Synopsis

Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka OSS 117, is the French spy considered by his superiors to be the best in the business. The year is 1967 - he's been sent on a mission to Rio de Janeiro, to find a former high-ranking Nazi who went into exile in South America after the war.

My review

Before the huge success of The Artist in theatres and in many festivals, the Hazanavicius/Dujardin tandem worked on two movies. At that time we could see the genius of Hazanavicius, because his two OSS 117 movies are one of the best comedies ever made.

The second movie, Lost in Rio is to me, the better of the two. It is full of cult scenes: the ones with the Chinese killers; the dialogue in the car between Hubert and Bill; the Nazi meeting, and so much more. The humour is the same as in the first movie: very crude, just how I like it! But it's always second-degree, don't be mistaken.

The humour is also present in the movie’s small details, so that every time you watch it, you always discover something new, just like Asterix & Obelix Mission Cleopatra. I think it's better to perfectly understand French to appreciate the movie for its true worth, the humour is very subtle and all the jokes can't be translated. If there was a French movie I would suggest you to watch immediately, it's this one (and the previous OSS 117 of course). Who said French can't be arrogant and funny at the same time?

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