This is the 16th film in the Stuttgart Fantasy Film Festival.
It's the third in a series of films starring Jean Dujardin as Hubert
Bonisseur, agent OSS-117 in the French secret service. I'd never heard of him
before today. My friends sitting with me in the festival were surprised. They
all knew the films. Have I been missing out?
The film is a parody of the early James Bond films. It's not a laugh-out-loud
comedy like "Johnny English", the humour is subtle. It's more of a satire than
a comedy.
The film takes place in 1981. OSS-117 is sent to an unnamed African country to
locate another agent who's gone missing. He also has to prevent the rebel
forces from staging a coup, because the president is on good terms with
France. OSS-117 is sexist, racist and homophobic. That's what makes him a good
secret agent.
As soon as the film finished, there were conversations about Daniel Craig.
There was a general consensus that Jean Dujardin is a better actor.
I need to watch the first two films.
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