The Watching Hour: OSS 117 Cairo, Nest Of Spies

France, 2006, 99 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Foreign
Language: France English Sub-Titles

35mm presentation - Colorful and action-packed, this jubilant film endearingly spoofs James Bond-style spy adventures from the 1960s. The setting is Egypt, 1955. Cairo is a veritable nest of spies, with everyone wary of everyone and plotting against everyone: the English, French, Soviets—even the radical Eagles of Kheops brotherhood. To bring order to this desert at the edge of chaos, the French Secret Service sends their main weapon: Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath (Jean Dujardin), a super agent and ladies man otherwise known as OSS 117. His mission: investigate the death of a friend and fellow spy, control the Suez Canal and establish peace in the Middle East!

DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius
Principal Cast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre, Constantin Alexandrov, Said Amadis, Laurent Bateau, François Damiens, Youssef Hamid, Khalid Maadour, Arsene Mosca, Abdellah Moundy, Eric Prat, Richard Sammel
US Distributor: Music Box Films

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