OSS-117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

Introducing Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, French special agent OSS-117. After the mysterious death of his colleague Jack Jefferson while on assignment in Egypt, OSS-117 is sent in to find the killers. And monitor the Suez Canal. And the British in Cairo. And the Russians too. In fact, save the entire Middle East. Under cover as a poultry fancier, OSS-117—irresistibly suave, suitably arrogant but culturally clueless—gives his all for his country, in Cairo, in bed and in the dark. Set to a hip-shaking score of arabesque cocktail music, OSS-117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a side-splitting spoof of entertainment’s greatest secret agents, from James Bond and Maxwell Smart to Inspector Clouseau and Austin Powers.

Filmmaker's Biography

Michel Hazanavicius began his film career in 1997 with the short Echec au Capital. His next project was the feature Mes Amis, in which he directed his brother Serge Hazanavicius. He also took part in the writing of Dalton, adapted from the comic strip Lucky Luke.

Festivals and Awards

• Seattle International Film Festival, Audience Award, 2006
• Tokyo International Film Festival, Grand Prix, 2006
• Chicago International Film Festival, 2007

Credits

Cast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre, Constantin Alexandrov, Saïd Amadis, Laurent Bateau, Claude Brosset, François Damiens, Youssef Hamid
Writers: Jean Bruce, Jean-François Halin
Producers: Eric Altmeyer, Nicolas Altmeyer
Cinematographer: Guillaume Schiffman
Editor: Reynald Bertrand
Sound: Nadine Muse, Nicolas Bouvet
Music: Ludovic Bource, Kamel Ech-Cheik

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