Directed by:
Philippe de BrocaCinematography:
Edmond SéchanComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Roger Dumas, Daniel Ceccaldi, Milton Ribeiro, Ubiracy De Oliveira, Sabu Do Brasil, Adolfo Celi (more)VOD (1)
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A blow dart-wielding thug snatches a rare statuette from the Musée de l'Homme; anthropologist Jean Servais (Rififi) is kidnapped in broad Parisian daylight; serviceman Jean-Paul Belmondo begins his 8-day leave by changing to civvies in a Métro entrance and witnesses fiancée Françoise Dorléac (Catherine Deneuve's sister, killed in a car accident 3 years later) getting kidnapped herself – and then the chase begins: by motorcycle, shoe leather, flight to Rio de Janeiro sans ticket or passport, airport baggage carrier, cable car, pink car complete with green stars and a rumble seat, water skies, Amazon river boat, seaplane, jungle vine... all shot in breathtaking widescreen and color. Even as Dorléac, rescued, is kidnapped again, Belmondo performs his own blood-curdling stunts against that sugar loaf Rio skyline and across that under-construction unearthly architecture of Brasilia (even parachuting almost into the jaws of a hungry croc). (Cohen Media Group)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1965 - Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Philippe de Broca (Best Original Screenplay)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1964 - Best Foreign Language Film