Jean-Paul Belmondo died recently,* so I decided to watch one of his most famous movies. What an experience! "L'homme de Rio" ("That Man from Rio" in English) has just about everything! Obviously, the movie borrowed a lot of stuff from Tintin books, but isn't all art borrowed from something or other? Philippe de Broca's Academy Award-nominated movie is a great romp from start to finish. I suspect that, had Françoise Dorléac not died a car wreck at the age of twenty-five, she would've gone on to become just as great an actress as her younger sister (Catherine Deneuve).
Anyway, a fun movie with some great shots of Rio de Janeiro. And is that soundtrack to die for or what?
*As it happened, Belmondo died right after I saw his movie "Leon Morin, Priest".
Anyway, a fun movie with some great shots of Rio de Janeiro. And is that soundtrack to die for or what?
*As it happened, Belmondo died right after I saw his movie "Leon Morin, Priest".