The witty That Man form Rio begins at full speed. A dart-wielding thug snatches a rare statuette from the Musée de l’Homme. A famous anthropologist is kidnapped in broad Parisian daylight. A French Air Force pilot Adrien Dufourquet (Jean-Paul Belmondo, Breathless – SFFF 2013, Pierrot Le Fou– SFFF 2011) witnesses his fiancée, Agnès (Françoise Dorléac, The Young Girls from Rochefort – SFFF 2011, Catherine Deneuve’s sister, killed in a car accident three years later), getting kidnapped herself. In order to rescue her, Adrien follows her and her abductors to Brazil.

Extravagant adventures ensue, with Belmondo, performing his own blood-curdling stunts, as the cheerfully indestructible hero who hangs off cliffs, climbs buildings, imitates Tarzan, parachutes almost into the jaws of a crocodile, and does his best to cope with the enchantingly unpredictable Agnès.

This fast-moving spoof of James Bond type movies, shot in breathtaking widescreen and bright colors, was a huge success upon its original release in France, and is still a favorite cinematic adventure for the whole family.

The catchy score is by Georges Delerue, and the original screenplay was nominated for an Oscar.

Shown with Une bonne affaire (A Splendid Affair) by Laurent Ardoint & Stéphane Duprat