An amusing film that has parachutes, alligators , women , killers and many more things .Look what they call a quiet in Brazil ! . An hectic action , spoof comedy which was a big hit at the boxoffice . It was one of the first and one of the best spoofs of the James Bond and Euro-spy films . It deals with a young soldier, discharged for a week , Jean Paul Belmondo with a temporary permission , who is pitched from crisis to crisis , as he sets out in pursuit of the thieves who kidnapped his sweetheart , Francoise Dorleac , Catherine Deneuve's sister, and they previously robbed a valuable figure at the Paris museum . When she is captured , he sacrifices his life to rescue her , all before his week break ends . So of course Jean Paul does some international adventuring in order to save her , as he must travel Rio, Brasilia and the Amazon heartland . Meantime , there is also kidnapped a famed professor , Jean Servais . As Belmondo faces off a suspicious enemy , Adolfo Celi , and his cohorts. Then , dangerous happenings ensue and things go awry .
A fun as well as extravangant adventure full of action , farce , tongue in cheek , and a lot of thrills . A successful French film that was 4th highest grossing film of the year 1964 . Sympathetic acting by the adventurous Jean Paul Belmondo as a soldier who comes to rescue his lover who has just been abducted and coercily brought to Rio Janeiro , that's why her father led an expedition and the kidnappers think she knows how to find a treasure . Belmondo is finely accompanied by the gorgeous Francoise Dorleac -who unfortunately , a bit later on , she died by car accident- , along with two notorious secondaries , Jean Servais and Adolfo Celi. It was heavily influenced by the comic books , by the famous Belgian cartoonist Herge ; in fact , there are certain visuals and images as the museum robbing and the Amazon sculptures that are all clearly inspired by Georges Remi's work .
It contains an agreeable and atmospheric musical score by the prestigious Georges Deleure , as well as an evocative cinematography , shot in Brazil locations as Rio De Janeiro , Amazons and Brasilia with its monumental buildings , newly built by Le Corbusier . This engaging adventure spoof well produced by Alexander Mnouchkine and was professionally directed by Philippe DeBroca , though , nowadays , it results to be some dated . He directed some good films , most of them comedies , action and adventures , such as Cartouche , The king of hearts , Oldest profession , Le Cavaleur , Jupiter's thigh , The green house , Louisiana . And his fetish actor was Jean Paul Belmondo . His best film was "Le Magnifique" about a novelist , Belmondo , who mixes fantasy with reality when he chases women, Jacqueline Bisset , and solves cases.
A fun as well as extravangant adventure full of action , farce , tongue in cheek , and a lot of thrills . A successful French film that was 4th highest grossing film of the year 1964 . Sympathetic acting by the adventurous Jean Paul Belmondo as a soldier who comes to rescue his lover who has just been abducted and coercily brought to Rio Janeiro , that's why her father led an expedition and the kidnappers think she knows how to find a treasure . Belmondo is finely accompanied by the gorgeous Francoise Dorleac -who unfortunately , a bit later on , she died by car accident- , along with two notorious secondaries , Jean Servais and Adolfo Celi. It was heavily influenced by the comic books , by the famous Belgian cartoonist Herge ; in fact , there are certain visuals and images as the museum robbing and the Amazon sculptures that are all clearly inspired by Georges Remi's work .
It contains an agreeable and atmospheric musical score by the prestigious Georges Deleure , as well as an evocative cinematography , shot in Brazil locations as Rio De Janeiro , Amazons and Brasilia with its monumental buildings , newly built by Le Corbusier . This engaging adventure spoof well produced by Alexander Mnouchkine and was professionally directed by Philippe DeBroca , though , nowadays , it results to be some dated . He directed some good films , most of them comedies , action and adventures , such as Cartouche , The king of hearts , Oldest profession , Le Cavaleur , Jupiter's thigh , The green house , Louisiana . And his fetish actor was Jean Paul Belmondo . His best film was "Le Magnifique" about a novelist , Belmondo , who mixes fantasy with reality when he chases women, Jacqueline Bisset , and solves cases.