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barely tolerate his efforts to sound sophisticated as he nonchalantly tells her how smart the pharaohs must have been to build the Suez Canal 4,000 years ago and how amazed he is at the amount of sand in Egypt. At the embassy party he offers her a drink. When she tells him it is against her religion, he says, "What kind of stupid religion would forbid alcohol?" and then assures her not to worry, saying of Islam "You'll grow tired of it - it won't last long." He then proceeds to make fun of Arabic. When Bejo tells him "Millions of people speak it," he laughs, "Surely you exaggerate, do you know how many a million is?" Out of frustration and anger at his Franco-centrism, Bejo yells at him, "You're so ... French!" "Why, thank you," he replies.
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the dock, Jack appears, revealing that not only is he alive (and has entirely different memories of de La Bath laughing at rather than with him) but was the hooded figure who killed the
British spy at the embassy and is now selling the stolen arms to the Eagles. Princess Al Tarouk appears and reveals that she is also seking to acquire the arms for her own purposes. Accusing Jack of double-crossing her on the deal, she shoots him dead. Larmina knocks out the Imam with the paddle-board that killed her father and while de La Bath is having a flashback to his friendship with Jack, Larmina attacks Al Tourouk and the two women engage in a clothes tearing
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secret Nazi base inside a pyramid where Hubert turns the tables on his kidnappers and traps them inside the pyramid as he escapes. de La Bath then wins over
Larmina by giving her proof that the Eagles killed her father. Larmina meets with the Imam and finds out that he is buying the missing arms shipment from another spy at a nearby fishing dock that evening. The Imam will supply the Eagles with the arms he purchases. Larmina tells de la Bath of the arrangement.
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annoyance to the city via the tower's loudspeaker. Enraged, a group of religious fanatics, led by an Imam, call for a revolution. Larmina is disgusted by de La Bath's attitude towards Egypt and Islam and betrays him by luring him to a meeting of the Eagles of Keops. The Eagles beat him and throw him into the
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to drown, but he escapes. Setine, who he met earlier, is a
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The film opens, pre-credits, with a black and white scene, titled "BERLIN 1945", where on board a military plane, Hubert
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While set in Cairo most of the filming was done in
Morocco. Hazanavicius' set pieces were carefully constructed and added to the movie's general level of geographic, as well as time period authenticity. The energetic fight sequences between Dujardin and his long cast of assailants, as well as a heart
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Dujardin, when asked about the political incorrectness of the film said it may seem incorrect in current society, but was a very good reflection of France in the 50s. Concurrently, he acknowledged that the script writers found it difficult to make the film work and "really pushed the envelope to the
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In the same 2006 interview, Bejo addressed the catfight scene between her and Atika, saying it was an important part of the film, carefully choreographed, and that her and Atika rehearsed it for a week. Bejo also enjoyed her character, saying that OSS 117 needed her. Unlike
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In Egypt, de La Bath meets his contact, Larmina, who is a former business associate of Jack and an OSS operative. Soon after his arrival, de La Bath attends an embassy party where
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Bejo admitted the role allowed her to "Feel like those icons, Kim Novak and Audrey
Hepburn that I have always dreamt about becoming one of these days. Besides giving lots of pleasure and laughter, the film is very stylish in a way that does not exist anymore in French comedy." Bejo also noted that
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series right down to the cinematography, art direction, music and costume of the 1960s (although this is a slight anachronism as the film is stated in dialogue to be set in 1955, hence a sequence where de La Bath briefly dances the twist is out of place). For example, driving scenes are all filmed
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de La bath is unable to proceed directly to the fishing dock due to an incident at the chicken coop. Wheh he arrives, he discovers it is an ambush by
Pelletier who wants to kill him and so he can corner the poultry market. He attacks Hubert but then accidentally shoots himself. Upon his arrival at
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Discuss the larger issue: “can we laugh at everything?” If so, do we continue to propagate racist, sexist or homophobic discourse? "How can we be absolutely sure that the film is not apologizing for what it denounces, in the very fact that it allows it to be expressed by playing down the drama of
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Western attitudes toward the Middle East, OSS Agent 117 has both contempt for, and ignorance of, Islamic culture. It verbally attacks a Muslim prayer-caller for making too much noise so early in the morning, disturbing his sleep. As Bejo chauffers him around Egypt, she can
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with obvious rear projection, "...where with the actors perched behind a fake dashboard and traveling footage projected behind them". Night scenes were clearly shot during the day with a blue filter and camera movements were simple, and avoid the three-dimensional
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she undertook a rigorous keep-fit regime, saying "I had to learn to dance and also work on stunts, especially in the fight scene with my co-actress Aure Attika. I liked my work on the film because it was totally different from anything else I had done previously."
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sets with amusing dialog between the characters. Hazanavicius said that he actually believed the film to be politically correct, but also venturing into a territory where the movie industry no longer dares to go.
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cinema. Politically inclined viewers will approve of its satire of Western foreign policy. Everyone else will be rolling in the aisles as the hero and villain throw live chickens at each other.
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in 2006. It was relatively successful at the box office in France, with an attendance figure of over two million. Due to the film's performance, a 2009 sequel was made titled
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to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.
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catfight scene features a scantily-clad battle of barefoot, brown eyed brunettes with Bejo and Atika supplanting the gypsy roles played
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1426:"OSS 117: Cairo - Nest of Spies Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes"
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Jean Dujardin: du café-théâtre aux oscars, l'itinéraire d'un "gars normal"
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Petit Livre de - 200 infos incroyables mais vraies sur le cinéma
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