Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.
Acting
Dujardin's perfect deadpan commitment to complete ignorance.
Production
Lush 1950s pastiche that spoofs and celebrates simultaneously.
Writing
Dialogue so wrong it's right—every offensive line lands.
Director
Michel Hazanavicius
Jean Dujardin
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117
Bérénice Bejo
Larmina El Akmar Betouche
Aure Atika
La princesse Al Tarouk
Philippe Lefebvre
Jack Jefferson
Konstantin Aleksandrov
Setine
Saïd Amadis
Le ministre égyptien
Laurent Bateau
Gardenborough
Claude Brosset
Le patron
François Damiens
Raymond Pelletier
Youssef Hamid
L'imam
Khalid Maadour
Le suiveur
Arsène Mosca
Loktar
Abdellah Moundy
Slimane
Eric Prat
Plantieux
Richard Sammel
Moeller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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