L'homme de Rio (1964)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Philippe de Broca

Writers:

Daniel Boulanger (writer)
Philippe de Broca (writer)

Release Date:

5 February 1964 (France)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Parachutes... Alligators... Murderers... Women...You think it's easy? "Only For A Great Adventurer Like Me!"

Plot:

Farce, spy spoof, and adventure. Swarthy thieves ignore jewels to steal an Amazon figurine from the...

Plot Keywords:

Museum | Shoeshine Boy | Thief | Brazil | Strangulation

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Pvt. Adrien Dufourquet
Françoise Dorléac	...	Agnès Villermosa
Jean Servais	...	Prof. Norbert Catalan
Simone Renant	...	Lola, Cabaret Singer
Roger Dumas	...	Lebel, Dufourquet's Buddy
Daniel Ceccaldi	...	Police inspector
Milton Ribeiro	...	Tupac
Ubiracy De Oliveira	...	Sir Winston, shoeshine Boy
Sabu Do Brasil
Adolfo Celi	...	Sr. Mario De Castro
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Louise Chevalier	...	La bonne
Sebastião de Oliveira
Max Elloy	...	Le médecin
Peter Fernandez
Osmar Ferrão
Zé Keti
Hal Linden	...	(English version) (voice: English version)
Annik Malvil
Marie Marc
Nina Myral	...	Aunt
Suzana Negri
Lucien Raimbourg	...	General in Wheelchair
Tarcísio Ramos
Ubirajara Silva
André Tomasi	...	Man

Also Known As:

That Man from Rio (UK) (USA)
L'uomo di Rio (Italy)

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

French | English | Portuguese

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Norway:16 | UK:U (1964) (cut) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Amazonas, Brazil

Company:

Dear Film Produzione

Trivia:

The plane used for the movie was indeed a plane of the then-existent "Pan Air do Brasil". Registration was PP-PDS. This plane was flown later on by a freight airline and is now written off. It remains more or less wrecked at Iquitos, Peru.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene on the road, Adrien Dufourquet rescue Prof. Catalan in an Aero Willys 1962. But when the car falls into the cliff, the car is an FNM JK and not a Willys.

Funny and entertaining--for ages 7-100

A film that can be watched many times and one that has been a family favorite of ours for years. While the plot may not be that sophisticated, Belmondo is remarkable and the pace of the film is perfect for the light-comedy/action genre. If you don't speak French, the film is still a wonderful treat with subtitles. The theme song in Portuguese is haunting and memorable.