Le caire, nid despions is a 2006 french retro spy spoof starring jean dujardin and berenice bejo, directed by michel hazanavicius. Secret agent oss 117 foils nazis, beds local beauties, and. Cairo, nest of spies is a brilliant satire of the 60s spy movies, not just james bond, but the many european entries, as well. Oss 117, chosen for his assumed expertise on the near east, finds himself the target of rival espionage organisations, as well as two egyptian beauties. It stars jean dujardin, berenice bejo, and aure atika. Cairo, nest of spies jean dujardin berenice bejo aure atika 2006 a bumbling french secret agent jean dujardin goes under cover to investigate the murder of a colleague philippe lefebvre. Oss 117, a french secret agent sent to cairo to investigate the mysterious disappearances both. Oss 117 who in the tradition of maxwell smart and inspector clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude. The creation of author jean bruce, oss eventually starred in over 265 novels and seven cinematizations through. Cairo, nest of spies stars jean dujardin, berenice bejo, aure atika, philippe lefebvre the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of out of 100. It reimagines the original oss 117 series, meant to be serious spy films, as spoofs of spy films of the era. A french comedy spythriller heavily specialized in buffoonery, touching upon the delicate subject matters best expressed through satire, such as. Oss 117 is clueless about important things of the case hes been tasked to resolve in cairo, but believes the egyptians foresaw and built the suez canal four thousand years ago he also grasps amazingly quickly a new language or deciphers a hieroglyph or plays a foreign instrument or dances the mambo. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software.
Secret agent oss 117 foils nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the middle east. Cairo, nest of spies released in france as oss 117. Le caire nid despions bluray 2006 the film follows the exploits of a french secret agent, oss 117, in cairo in 1955. In the movie, oss 117, cairo nest of spies, the spy defeats two russians and the subtitles say something along the lines of they were russian at me. It opens as a pitchperfect 40s war movie, with debonair french spy oss 117 jean dujardin and his partner. Scenes et repliques cultes oss 117 best of duration. Oss 117 who in the tradition of maxwell smart and inspector clouseau somehow. Jun 25, 2008 spoofing both the cold war mindset and the spy movies it spawned, the french film oss 117. Oss 117 who in the tradition of maxwell smart and inspector clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his. Lost in rio, with dujardin and hazanavicius returning. Oss 117 was a literary spy from a series of french novels, which predate james bond. With jean dujardin, francois damiens, khalid maadour, youssef hamid. Cairo nest of spies, a french spy spoof set in egypt on the eve of the 1956 suez crisis, has an idiot hero with a strong resemblance to leonard rossiter and.
Spoofing both the cold war mindset and the spy movies it spawned, the french film oss 117. Cairo, nest of spies, a slick genre parody that sends up 40s and 50s cinema in general, with a particular eye toward deflating the bond mythos, and showing up him and his ilk as smug assholes. Subtitles searchable search, download, and request subtitles for oss 117. Cairo, nest of spies is about ten minutes too long for a great plot to gag ratio, but there are enough smart chuckles here to make the promised sequel.
Le caire, nid despions, is a 2006 french spy comedy film directed and cowritten by michel hazanavicius in his feature film debut. Cairo, nest of spies 2006 starring jean dujardin and berenice bejo on dvd and bluray. Directed by michel hazanavicius and starring jean dujardin, berenice bejo, aure atika and philippe lefebvre. This makes sense in english, but the movie is in french. Cairo, nest of spies is a cinematic bonbon with a crunchy nut. Oss 117, is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in cairo. But then i discovered from variety that the character agent 117 actually appeared in a novel in 1949. Where cairo, nest of spies turns into great comedy is in its treatment of the gentleman agent as a selfassured, clueless idiot.
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Cairo, nest of spies is a cinematic bonbon with a crunchy nut at its center. Cairo, nest of spies full movie stream free download oss 117. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Oss 117 movie download osx mountain lion how to get microsoft word for free unt can i remove microsoft word from one computer and put it on another. Cairo nest of spies, a french spy spoof set in egypt on the eve of the 1956 suez crisis, has an idiot hero with a strong resemblance to leonard rossiter and has proved extremely popular. Le caire, nid despions is a 2006 french satirical film lampooning european spy movies, conneryera james bond films and the french political context of the 1950s. Cairo, nest of spies is director hazanavicius attempt to riff on the notion that the hero in a spy film be witty, charming, and dashing.
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