OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (2009)

Director:

Michel Hazanavicius

Writers:

Jean Bruce (character)
Jean-François Halin (screenplay)
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Release Date:

15 April 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

The Pride of French Intelligence Returns

Plot:

Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka OSS 117, is the French spy considered by his superiors to be the best in the business...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Agent | French | Mossad | Brazil

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jean Dujardin	...	OSS 117
Louise Monot	...	Dolorès Koulechov
Rüdiger Vogler	...	Von Zimmel
Alex Lutz	...	Heinrich
Reem Kherici	...	Carlotta
Pierre Bellemare	...	Lesignac
Ken Samuels	...	Trumendous
Serge Hazanavicius	...	Staman
Laurent Capelluto	...	Kutner
Cirillo Luna	...	Hippie ''pomme d'amour''
Moon Dailly	...	La comtesse
Walter Shnorkell	...	Fayolle
Philippe Hérisson	...	Mayeux (as Philippe Herisson)
Nicky Marbot	...	Castaing
Christelle Cornil	...	Mlle Ledentu
Jean-Marie Paris	...	Zantrax
Alexandre Porfirio	...	Zantrax
Vincent Haquin	...	Blue Devil
Alexandre Goncalves	...	Blue Devil
Adriana Salles	...	L'infirmière (as Adriana Sallès)
Joseph Chanet	...	Chinois CIA
Patrick Vo	...	Chinois pilote
Pascal Parmentier	...	Allemand 1
Franck Beckmann	...	Allemand 2
Jean-Claude Tran	...	Chinois hôtel 1
Bing Yin	...	Chinois hôtel 2 (as Yin Bing)
Chao Chen	...	Chinois taxi
Gérald Nguyen Ngoc	...	Chinois chalet 1
Chen Yi-Rhe	...	Chinois chalet 2 (as Yi-Rhe Chen)
Sabrine Vin	...	Jeune fille hippie ''LSD''
Alvaro Correia	...	Hippie 'pas en vacances'
Emmanuel Pasqualini	...	Employé ambassade RFA
Sébastien Mingam	...	Employé silencieux ambassade RFA
Jean-Louis Barcelona	...	Pichard espion français
Gérard Couchet	...	Ministre élyséen
Donna Flandrin	...	La femme du militaire Washington
Guillaume Schiffman	...	Militaire israélien
Olé Erdmann	...	Crooner allemand (as Ole Erdmann)
Ludovic Bource	...	Le chef d'orchestre
Arthur Bispo Coutinho	...	Petit garçon Favela
Naiara Amorim Da Silva	...	Petite fille Favela
Yoda Bono	...	La chatte qui fait du bruit
Horst Tappert	...	Oiseau devant (as Horst Tapper)
Fritz Wepper	...	Oiseau derrière
Laurent Larrieu	...	Homme de main Von Zimmel
Robert Hoehn	...	Homme de main Von Zimmel
Gregory Loffredo	...	Homme de main Von Zimmel (as Grégory Loffredo)
Jan Oliver Schroeder	...	Homme de main Von Zimmel

Directed by
Michel Hazanavicius

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean Bruce		character
Jean-François Halin		screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius		screenplay

Produced by
Eric Altmeyer	....	producer
Nicolas Altmeyer	....	producer

Original Music by
Ludovic Bource

Cinematography by
Guillaume Schiffman

Film Editing by
Reynald Bertrand

Casting by
Stéphane Touitou

Production Design by
Maamar Ech-Cheikh

Set Decoration by
Jimena Esteve

Makeup Department
Frédérique Arguello	....	hair stylist
Anna Van Steen	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Fernanda Chasim	....	assistant unit manager
Patricia Colombat	....	post-production supervisor
Cindy Duarte	....	second unit manager
Benjamin Hess	....	unit production manager
Sarah Leres	....	unit manager
François Pascaud	....	unit production manager
Marc-Etienne Schwartz	....	assistant production manager
Anaïs Subra	....	assistant unit manager
Audrey Thiery	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Canal	....	first assistant director
Pascal Deux	....	second unit director
Helen Dias	....	second assistant director
Armel Gourvennec	....	second assistant director
Dan Hassan	....	third assistant director
Marie Legendre	....	third assistant director
Clara Linhart	....	first assistant director
Stéphanie Seilhean	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Louis Boulenouar	....	assistant decorator
Joelle Boutillier	....	sculptor
Pierre-Emmanuel Chatiliez	....	illustrator
Maria Cordeiro	....	painter
Pauline Faisant	....	assistant art director
Jacques Fresnel	....	painter
Denis Gautelier	....	props buyer
Gilles Graziano	....	computer graphic designer
Mozart Guerra	....	sculptor
Yvan Hart	....	head plasterer
Virginie Hernvann	....	assistant art director
Luc Lelong	....	sculptor
Tatiana Netchaeff	....	painter
Renata Otomura	....	art
Emmanuelle Roy	....	assistant art director
Najib Sobhi	....	painter
Julien Tesseraud	....	art department
Sandra Valentini	....	painter
Eugênia Maakaroun	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Cédric Maserati	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Nicolas Bouvet	....	assistant sound editor
Gérard Lamps	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marion Lorthioir	....	post-synchronisation
Armelle Mahé	....	sound mixer
Vincent Montrobert	....	dialogue editor
Nadine Muse	....	sound editor
Simon Poupard	....	assistant foley recordist
Didier Saïn	....	sound
Damien Tronchot	....	assistant foley recordist

Special Effects by
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects coordinator
Georges Demétrau	....	special effecs supervisor
Sergio Farjalla Jr.	....	pyrotechnician
Pascal Fauvelle	....	special effects technician
Sara Helmlinger	....	special effects technician
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Philippe Aubry	....	flame artist
Philippe Aubry	....	visual effects supervisor
Laurent Brett	....	split screens designer
Laurent Brett	....	titles designer
Jimmy Cavé	....	computer graphics artist
Marc-Thomas Cavé	....	computer graphics artist
Sébastien Fauchère	....	digital compositor
Arnaud Leviez	....	computer graphics supervisor
Arnaud Leviez	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Mark Bizet	....	stunts
Stéphane Boulay	....	stunt driver
Thong Bui	....	stunts
Maurice Chan	....	stunts
Alain Grellier	....	stunt double
David Grolleau	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Christian Hening	....	stunts
Marc Hoang	....	stunts
Laurent Larrieu	....	stunts
Monia Moula	....	stunts
Alice Naigeon	....	stunt double
Cecilia Ngo	....	stunts
Christophe Roblin	....	stunt driver
Thierry Saelens	....	stunt double
Astou Vedel	....	stunt double: Louise Monot

Camera and Electrical Department
Sylvain Bardoux	....	grip
Simon Bérard	....	gaffer
David Ciccodicola	....	second assistant camera
Arnaud Gabriel	....	assistant camera
Guillaume Genini	....	first assistant camera
Luz Guerra	....	first assistant camera
Luz Guerra	....	second assistant camera
Hans Krumenacker	....	electrician
Emilie de la Hosseraye	....	still photographer
José Eduardo Limongi	....	video assist operator
Loïc Limosin	....	electrician
Denis Louis	....	additional camera operator
François Perrault-Alix	....	grip
Honoré Soubrie	....	grip
Paulo Souza	....	gaffer: Brazil
Benjamin Vial	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nathalie Chesnais	....	costume supervisor
Julie Marteau	....	costumer
Bia Salgado	....	key costumer
Rita Dias Viana	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Nicolas Criqui	....	second assistant editor
Frederic Jupin	....	digital conformation
Magali Magnan	....	assistant editor
Philippe Tourret	....	digital intermediate coordinator

Music Department
Rémi Barbot	....	music assistant
Gerard Carucci	....	musician: percussion
David Corcos	....	musician: guitar
Nelson Veras	....	musician: guitar

Other crew
Arnaud Boussac	....	assistant location manager
Ghislaine Cauet-Martinotto	....	production coordinator
Corinne Devaux	....	choreographer
David Julienne	....	armorer
Dominique Julienne	....	armorer
Eric Lecuyer	....	location scout
Marc Leroyer	....	armorer
Marc Leroyer	....	weapons coordinator
Emile Ploix	....	assistant production accountant
Fabien Pondevaux	....	location scout
Pauline Pésery	....	production assistant
Isabelle Ribis	....	script supervisor
Jaime A. Schwartz	....	executive producer: play
Kleber Souza	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Mandarin Films (as Mandarin Cinéma)
• Gaumont (co-production)
• M6 Films (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)

Distributors

• Gaumont (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Koch Media (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (all media)
• Music Box Films (2010) (USA) (all media)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• TVA Films (2009) (Canada) (all media)

Other Companies

• Creative Regie  production equipment and services (production services)
• Focus Films  production services

Also Known As:

"OSS 117: Lost in Rio" - Australia (DVD title), International (English title) (imdb display title), USA (imdb display title)
"OSS 117, Lost in Rio" - Australia
"Агент 117: Миссия в Рио" - Russia
"Agent 117 - Uppdrag i Rio" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Agente 117 - Rio Não Responde Mais" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"Agente 117 Perdido no Rio" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"O kataskopos pou gyrise apo to... Rio! Mystikos praktoras OSS 117" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"OSS 117 - Er selbst ist sich genug" - Germany (video title)
"OSS 117, perdido en Río..." - Spain (imdb display title)

Runtime:

USA:101 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | New Zealand:M | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Australia:M (2010) | USA:Unrated | France:U

Filming Locations:

Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Company:

Mandarin Films

Trivia:

This is not the first spy spoof to be set in Rio, Brazil. Se tutte le donne del mondo (1966) did this during the 1960s and both these movies have a fight sequence atop the Christ the Redeemer of the Andes statue. This 1960s spy spoof film is well known for having connections with the later James Bond movie, Moonraker (1979) (See: http://jamesbond.ajb007.co.uk/mr66/).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the beach scene with the hippies, Minnie Ripperton's "Lovin' You" is playing. The movie is set in 1967. "Lovin' You" was not recorded until 1974.

Quotes:

OSS 117:[to the hippy touching his bare ass] I like what's going on, but let's agree that it will be our secret, what happens here stays here...
[indistinct murmur of people agreeing]
OSS 117:. Yes, because people don't need to know... out of context, a finger in the buttocks can be...
[again people murmuring a sort of "don't worry" in Portuguese]
OSS 117:I want it clear, because the tendency sometimes...
Hippie ''pomme d'amour'':[in portuguese] "Tudo bem, tudo bom"
[and keeps fondling him]

Movie Connections:

References The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Riotously funny!

This second OSS 117 is actually some kind of remake of "Furia A Bahia Pour OSS 117" made in the sixties with Frederick Stafford.But the stories are different ,only the location is the same.André Hunebelle's work was entertaining ,but Hazanavicius's beats him hands down.Like the first film ,nothing is to be taken seriously and that's fine with me,particularly with an actor as funny as Jean Dujardin.

A spoof on spy thrillers which does not spare anybody from James Bond to the Nazis to the CIA ,with a lot of hilarious lines .In spite of occasional parts which drag on (the chase in the hospital) ,there's almost never a dull moment in "Rio Ne Repond Plus" (the title ,like in many spy thrillers ,bears no real relation with the plot!) Allusions to James Bond and Hitchcock abound.His Jewish colleagues call him " double one seven" .Bill Trumendous (what a name!) is some kind of Felix Leiter (Ken Samuels ) ,roaring with laughter ("That Hubert!he was a born joker!")and cracking bad jokes .The ending combines "Vertigo" and "North By Norwest" ;the "I've got a screw loose because of something which happened in my past" trick was much better applied on "Le Caire Nid D'Espion" though :the circus is not that convincing.The split screen was a famous gimmick in the second half of the sixties ("the Thomas Crown Affair" " the Boston strangler" ) and it is used with good results ,notably in the scene of the phone calls.

The action takes place in the sixties hippie times ,but OSS has still got the mind of a man of the fifties .Completely uneducated ,he substitutes a macho attitude and an obsolete moral ("he may be a Nazi,but he is still your father !honor thy father!") for his total incompetence.He may be stupid but he is not malicious when he asks his (female) colleague what the Jews have against the Nazis.It's not sure he knows what he is taking about when he replies " Ah !concentration camps!what a carry-on!" Jean Dujardin shines in this part of the dumb spy and the last scene about China with puns galore -which Sacha Guitry might have loved- may suggest a third episode in this country (Didn't they fight against the Americans in WW2?/ Those were the Japanese/I see ,the Japanese Chinese.)