OSS 117: Lost In Rio is a 2009 French spy parody that's set in 1967. The French title is OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus which translates to OSS 117: Rio doesn't respond anymore. The Wikipedia claims it's a reference to the 1930s film F.P.1 antwortet nicht which translates to F. P. 1 doesn't respond. Not quit the same but there you go. F.P.1 antwortet nicht is a 1932 movie about a floating airplane landing platform in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It was the last German film for Peter Lorre and Curt Siodmak.
Jean Dujardin plays French spy OSS 117, Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath and Louise Monot plays Dolorès Koulechov, an Israeli Army officer. Hubert is sent to Brazil to pay off an ex-Nazi for a list of French Nazi sympathizers. Some Mossad agents want the ex-Nazi so they can put him on trial. Hubert joins with Dolorès to bring the ex-Nazi back themselves. They encounter a lot of goofy characters: an ignorant American spy with a filthy mouth, a pack of naughty Nazis, a slutty gal spy, the nutty hippy nephew of the ex-Nazi and some Mexican Luchadors. OSS 117 isn't much better than some of them. He's pretty misogynistic and racist, yet he's not hateful, it's more he's totally clueless. He's not much of a spy but he causes a good bit of chaos.
I don't think I enjoyed this one quite as much as the first one but I still got a few laughs, and several snickers, from it. There are plenty of references to James Bond, Matt Helm and other spy films. It's a great looking movie, the clothes, the sets and the production are all very 60's. There's plenty of nice locations to look at and a fair number of gags. It's a movie I would want to watch again.
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