Movie Night: OSS 117 (Jean Dujardin - Oscar Winner!) - Spy/Comedy

To celebrate Mr. Dujardin's win at the Academy Awards I decided to show one of his most popular spy/comedy movies: OSS 117 Cairo, Nest Of Spies.

Don't worry this one is NOT a silent movie like the Artist!

If we have time, will show the sequel: OSS 117: Lost in Rio

As usual, potluck style and I will order Pizza.

Reviews at:... [read more]

To celebrate Mr. Dujardin's win at the Academy Awards I decided to show one of his most popular spy/comedy movies: OSS 117 Cairo, Nest Of Spies.

Don't worry this one is NOT a silent movie like the Artist!

If we have time, will show the sequel: OSS 117: Lost in Rio

As usual, potluck style and I will order Pizza.

Reviews at: http://www.amazon.com/OSS-117-Cairo-Nest-Spies/dp/B001APM44O/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1330378820&sr=1-1

An homage to classic spy films. It's 1955 and after a fellow agent and close friend disappears, secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117, is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he is busy investigating, foiling Nazi holdouts, quelling a fundamentalist rebellion, and bedding local beauties.

This is probably one of the best French movies I had seen in a very long time! This "pastiche" or parody of spy movies is very well made and is going to make you laugh from the beginning to the end. Some references to today's world are very subtle. The whole Maroccan context of the movie is to be understood in light of today's French culture/environment. That said, all the jokes and - seemingly - shocking remarks that could have been understood as such because of this context, are permitted and accepted because this is a parody.

Copy and paste a Youtube link below submit

Copy and paste a Slideshare link below submit