Jupiter's Thigh

1980 1h 40m FR

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6.2

MID

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6.2

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 87★6.2IMDB · 1,220

Comedy

Synopsis

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Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the lovely buttocks of a classical statue and is determined to donate it to the Louvre. Agnes wants to sell it and gets a handsome local sailor to take it for an appraisal. When the sailor is murdered, the police suspect Charles and arrest Antoine as his accomplice. Lise swings into action, but before she can clear the men, Agnes springs them from jail, and now Lise must help them elude the police, find the real murderer, and recover the statue fragment. More art goes missing. What is the statue's secret?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Philippe Noiret
Antoine Lemercier
Annie Girardot
Lise Tanquerelle
Francis Perrin
Charles-Hubert Pochet
Catherine Alric
Agnès Pochet
Marc Dudicourt
Spiratos
Paulette Dubost
La mère de Lise
Roger Carel
Sacharias, le conservateur
Anna Gaylor
La femme du touriste français

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Philippe de Broca
Writers: Michel Audiard
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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46 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Part of the "Inspector Tanquerelle" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Philippe Noiret and Annie Girardot and Francis Perrin carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0081276 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 87 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Philippe de Broca directs. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

146 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Inspector Tanquerelle" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Philippe Noiret and Annie Girardot and Francis Perrin carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0081276 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 87 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Status: Released
Original language: FR
Certification (US): 12
IMDB: Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
IMDB rating: 6.2/10 · 1,220 votes
MPAA: PG

Part of

Inspector Tanquerelle

When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector.