L'Homme de Rio / That Man from Rio / Philippe de Broca

L'Homme de Rio

1964 Adventure / Comedy

Credits

Director: Philippe de Broca
Script: Daniel Boulanger, Philippe de Broca, Ariane Mnouchkine, Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Photo: Edmond Séchan
Music: Almeidinha, Georges Delerue, Catulo De Paula
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo (Pvt. Adrien Dufourquet), Françoise Dorléac (Agnès Villermosa), Jean Servais (Prof. Norbert Catalan), Simone Renant (Lola, Cabaret Singer), Roger Dumas (Lebel, Dufourquet's Buddy), Daniel Ceccaldi (L'inspecteur of Police), Milton Ribeiro (Tupac), Ubiracy De Oliveira (Sir Winston, shoeshine Boy), Adolfo Celi (Señor Mario De Castro)
Runtime: 112 min
Aka: That Man from Rio

Summary

French airforce pilot Adrien Dufourquet returns to Paris for a week’s leave just before his girlfriend, Agnès, is kidnapped. Adrien discovers that Agnès has been taken to South America to help locate a lost treasure in the Amazon. Without a second to lose, he sets out to rescue her...

Review

This energetic adventure farce owes as much to the Tintin stories of Hergé as to the James Bond films. Filmed almost entirely on location in Brasil, but with a fraction of the budget of a Hollywood film with the same ambitions, this has the feel of lavish spy thriller, but made hilariously funny by some unexpected twists and turns.

The film’s star, Jean-Paul Belmondo, is at the height of his powers, and he throws himself into some of the most incredible stunts with an apparent fool-hardy relish. His co-star is the captivating Françoise Dorléac (the sister of Catherine Deneuve).

The film was instantly sucessful in France, attracting nearly five million spectators. It enjoyed similiar success in the United States and Italy, making it one of the most popular French films of all time.

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