OSS 117: From Africa with Love

2021 1h 57m FR

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 884

ComedyAdventureAction

Synopsis

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1981. Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka OSS 117, is back. For this new mission – more delicate, more dangerous and more torrid than ever – he is forced to team up with a young new colleague, the promising OSS 1001.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jean Dujardin
Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath / OSS 117
Pierre Niney
Serge / OSS 1001
Wladimir Yordanoff
Armand Lesignac
Fatou N'Diaye
Zéphyrine Bamba
Natacha Lindinger
Micheline Pierson
Gilles Cohen
Roland Lépervier
Pol White
Léon Nkomo
Brice Fournier
Le broussard

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nicolas Bedos
Writers: Jean-François Halin
Languages: German, French
Countries: France

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MONEY

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Earned back only 66% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, French.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "OSS 117 Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nicolas Bedos, shot by Laurent Tangy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Anny Danché shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jean Dujardin and Pierre Niney and Wladimir Yordanoff carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nicolas Bedos directs. Laurent Tangy behind the camera. Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen scores. Anny Danché cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France. Dialogue in German, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 66% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, French.
4Part of the "OSS 117 Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Nicolas Bedos, shot by Laurent Tangy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Anny Danché shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jean Dujardin and Pierre Niney and Wladimir Yordanoff carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt7972012 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Laurent Tangy
Original score: Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen
Editing: Anny Danché
Production design: Stéphane Rozenbaum
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Status: Released
Budget: $20,400,000
Box office: $13,457,801
Return: 66% of budget
Original language: FR
Certification (US): M
IMDB: OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)

Part of

OSS 117 Collection

A French spy franchise based on Jean Bruce’s novels about Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, a dashing, often arrogant secret agent.

Also by

Nicolas Bedos

Trailers & featurettes

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Community reviews

What people are saying

Dark Jedi2021-12-20
★ 3/10
I have to admit that this was rather painful to watch. I have not seen any of the other OSS 117 movies. The main reason I watched this one was because my girlfriend wanted to watch it. Since she has seen the other two entries in the franchise (I have not though) and since this one takes place in Africa and as she is from Senegal she, of course, had a special interest in watching it. Myself, I thought since they have made three of these movies and since I’ve heard some people say they liked them I thought how bad can it be so last weekend we sat down and watched it. I guess I was wrong. For me, this was a bad movie. It really tries hard to be some kind of spy movie (James Bond ?) parody but it just becomes plain silly. Most of the jokes are far from funny and the few that are funny are just mildly funny. OSS 117 is so bloody stupid that it is not at all funny. The movie is largely a political parody about the French and their supposedly “colonial” aspirations. Political parodies are almost never entertaining and usually ends up offending someone so why bother? The hugely exaggerated “French mindset” is just bullshit. The Africans are not portrayed much better and in the middle of everything sits the biggest jerk of them all, a pinnacle of stupidity… OSS 117. On top of everything they’ve made OSS 117, well let’s just say sexually challenged, and when he finally get’s laid he promptly screws it up just by opening his mouth and let his insanely stupid monologues blurt out. Not surprisingly the story was bland and unimaginative not to mention predictable and the acting was overall substandard. I do not know if the previous movies were any better. From the reviews a fair number of people seems to think so. I would like to think so. After all, I cannot see how they would have gotten financing for three movies if the first two where as bad as this one.

Production companies

Who made it

Gaumont
FR
Mandarin Production
FR
M6 Films
FR
SCOPE Pictures
BE

Key crew

ProducerEric Altmayer
ProducerNicolas Altmayer
CastingEmmanuelle Prévost
SoundRémi Daru
SoundRaphaël Sohier
SoundMatthieu Fichet
EditorAnny Danché
Costume DesignerCharlotte David
Production DesignStéphane Rozenbaum
SoundJean-Paul Hurier
Digital Imaging TechnicianJulien Bachelier
CharactersJean Bruce

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

africa
secret agent
comedy
depressing
french intelligence

Release history · US

When it landed

Physical2022-06-08M

Also known as

International titles

Agente speciale 117 al servizio della Repubblica - ALLERTA ROSSA IN AFRICA NERAIT
OSS 117 : Alerte rouge en Afrique NoireFR
OSS 117 : Bons Baisers d'AfriqueCA
OSS 117: From Africa with LoveUS
OSS 117: Desde África con amorES
OSS 117 - Liebesgrüsse aus AfrikaCH
特务117：非洲谍影CN
OSS 177之非洲諜影HK