Set in 1955, this spy spoof unleashes OSS agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a smug Frenchman of incomparable incompetence, on the volatile Middle East. He offends everyone with his cultural ignorance and nearly starts a war while investigating the death of a fellow agent., The city of Cairo, Egypt, in 1955 is a veritable den of spies. Everyone distrusts everyone, everyone plots against everyone: the British, the French, the Soviets, the family of the deposed King Farouk struggling to regain his throne, and the Eagles of Cheops, a religious sect thirsting for power. The President of France, Rene Coty, dispatches his master weapon to bring order to this bedlam before all hell breaks loose. Its name: Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, alias Agent OSS 117. Dir: Michel Hazanavicius., OSS agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath (Jean Dujardin) bumbles his way through the world of international espionage in this French comedy set in volatile 1955 Egypt. While investigating the death of a fellow agent, Hubert nearly starts a war with his smug ignorance of other cultures, religions and customs. There are gags for everyone, from sly send ups of fabulous 1950s filmmaking to jokes about big guns. Berenice Bejo, Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre., OSS 117: Cairo — Nest of Spies constitutes the eighth installment in a long-running series of movies about OSS 117 (the government code name for Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath) — a French super-spy and European equivalent of James Bond. The creation of author Jean Bruce, OSS eventually starred in over 265 novels and seven cinematizations through 1970. The first seven film outings were sober and straight-faced; the eighth go-round (the first after a 38-year lapse) does a 180 to shamelessly poke fun of the rules established by the genre. A glib yet intelligent spoof, it joins the ranks of Our Man Flint (1965), Aghaye Hallou (1970), Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street (1984), and other international pictures that glibly satirize the subgenre made infamous to Americans by Bond; like Mad Mission 3, it even packs in an OSS 117 (Jean Dujardin) with a startling resemblance to Sean Connery. The film’s comic conceit involves making OSS 117 arrogant, conceited, culturally insensitive, chauvinistic, and thoroughly moronic (he pretends that various cultural institutions and religious practices, for instance, are nonexistent if he is unfamiliar with them); yet the character somehow manages to slide through outrageously dangerous situations unscathed, time and again. The teaser prologue finds OSS 117 in Berlin, where he outwits the Nazis by stealing vital documents from them, hijacks an Axis plane in mid-nosedive, and saves himself and the craft at the last yawning moment. Ten years later, he journeys from Rome to Cairo, where he investigates the death of a fellow agent, posing as the proprietor of a chicken farm. His “side” activities during this jaunt involve hammering out a peace arrangement for the Middle East, keeping tabs on the Suez Canal, and monitoring the Russians. Jean-François Halin scripted the film, maintaining an utterly deadpan tone throughout; Michel Hazanavicius directed.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies ” ?
A: The main cast includes Jean Dujardin,Bérénice Bejo,Aure Atika,Philippe Lefèbvre,Constantin Alexandrov,Saïd Amadis,Laurent Bateau,Claude Brosset,François Damiens,Youssef Hamid,Khalid Maadour,Arsène Mosca,Abdellah Moundy,Abdallah Moundy,Éric Prat,Richard Sammel,Michael Hofland,Jean-François Halin,Marc Bodnar,Bernard Nissille,Alain Khouani,Diego Dieng,Mouloud Ikhaddalene,Philippe Aubry,Maamar Ech-Cheikh,Jean-François Halin,Gerard Lamps,Raynald Bertrand,Pierre Olivier Persin,Nadine Muse,Charlotte David,Reynald Bertrand,David Danesi,Guillaume Schiffman,Stéphane Touitou,Michel Hazanavicius.
Q: When Did the “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies” Released?
A: The Movie “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies” originally aired on 2008-05-09 and released in the year of 2006.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
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