IMDb RATING
5.8/10
5.9K
YOUR RATING
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Melodie Casta
- Jessica pilote russe
- (as Mélodie Casta)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009) were both directed by Michel Hazanavicius but he wasn't involved with the production of this third installment. Reportedly, this was allegedly because "he didn't like the script".
- GoofsOSS 117 is going to the SDECE offices (French intelligence service in the 70's) near the Eiffel Tower. The intelligence service offices were, and still are, boulevard Mortier, in the south of Paris, quite far from the Eiffel Tower.
- Crazy creditsThe movie opens with Gaumont 80's logo.
- ConnectionsEdited into Indy Eka: From Africa with Love (2021)
Featured review
Hubert rides again.
Third installment of the OSS 117 saga; the first one took place in the late fifties an showed "the hero's perfect mastery of the muslim world "; the second one,a precise spoof on the "serious " OSS 117 of sixties eurospies,the likes of "furia à Bahia pour OSS 117" set Hubert against the exiled Nazis and showed his "perfect knowledge of WW2".
Then this one , set in a precise moment of French politics :1981, A few months and Giscard D'Estaing would disappear (President Bamba's royal present won't be lost on French people who lived through the seventies) .
The world has changed ; Hubert Bonnisseur de la Bath hasn't ;he's still a, condescending ,ignorant ,dumb , uneducated ,vain, and ,to crown it all ,homophobic macho .
Jean Dujardin is true to from ,and he's probably the best contemporary comic actor (like the great ones,he can also take dramatic parts);with a lesser talent, this could have turned in one of those crude feel good froggy comedies ;he escapes unharmed .
He gets good support from Pierre Ninney ,as OSS 1001 (because the Deuxième Bureau runs out of three-figure designations) ; this young arrogant pretty boy shows himself better than his elder -which is not hard to do-,and ,which makes the matters worse , a rival with women! (a thing that even Bond never ran into); not only Hubert botches his collaborator's job in a shameless way,but he makes him believe he's got the brains although he only mutters "yes yes " " I know that" "that's what I wanted to say" ;and when the young Turk realizes Hubert has led him up the garden path and says that he 's got all the time in the world, it's too late (to skim pebbles can be dangerous!)
Of course ,it's uneven ,and one wishes the feminist side (in spite of the unexpected twist) had been more exploited ,but the numerous gags (some puns may be lost on a non-French audience) :
-Hubert depicting the Africans, then improving his knowledge by reading Hergé 's "Tintin au Congo"!
-His condescension towards the servants ,the natives , an ironical put-down of politically correct people
Given the chilly reviews it met with, we won't probably be granted a fourth installment and it's too bad ; it's not for highbrows , it's not food for thought ,but balderdash! Dujardin ,the only AA winner French actor -among four ,including three actresses-,is not chopped liver!
Then this one , set in a precise moment of French politics :1981, A few months and Giscard D'Estaing would disappear (President Bamba's royal present won't be lost on French people who lived through the seventies) .
The world has changed ; Hubert Bonnisseur de la Bath hasn't ;he's still a, condescending ,ignorant ,dumb , uneducated ,vain, and ,to crown it all ,homophobic macho .
Jean Dujardin is true to from ,and he's probably the best contemporary comic actor (like the great ones,he can also take dramatic parts);with a lesser talent, this could have turned in one of those crude feel good froggy comedies ;he escapes unharmed .
He gets good support from Pierre Ninney ,as OSS 1001 (because the Deuxième Bureau runs out of three-figure designations) ; this young arrogant pretty boy shows himself better than his elder -which is not hard to do-,and ,which makes the matters worse , a rival with women! (a thing that even Bond never ran into); not only Hubert botches his collaborator's job in a shameless way,but he makes him believe he's got the brains although he only mutters "yes yes " " I know that" "that's what I wanted to say" ;and when the young Turk realizes Hubert has led him up the garden path and says that he 's got all the time in the world, it's too late (to skim pebbles can be dangerous!)
Of course ,it's uneven ,and one wishes the feminist side (in spite of the unexpected twist) had been more exploited ,but the numerous gags (some puns may be lost on a non-French audience) :
-Hubert depicting the Africans, then improving his knowledge by reading Hergé 's "Tintin au Congo"!
-His condescension towards the servants ,the natives , an ironical put-down of politically correct people
- "The lion does not know my gun isn't loaded " ,my favorite line.
Given the chilly reviews it met with, we won't probably be granted a fourth installment and it's too bad ; it's not for highbrows , it's not food for thought ,but balderdash! Dujardin ,the only AA winner French actor -among four ,including three actresses-,is not chopped liver!
helpful•64
- ulicknormanowen
- Apr 2, 2022
- How long is OSS 117: From Africa with Love?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- From Africa with Love
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $13,457,801
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
Top Gap
What is the Brazilian Portuguese language plot outline for OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)?
Answer