# that man from rio ![[thatmanfromrio.jpg|300]] theatrical release poster by yves thos directed by: philippe de broca written by: philippe de broca jean-paul rappeneau ariane mnouchkine daniel boulanger 'dialogue: daniel boulanger produced by: georges dancigers alexandre mnouchkine starring: jean-paul belmondo françoise dorleac jean servais adolfo celi music by: georges delerue production company: les films ariane distributed by: les productions artistes associes united artists release dates: 5 february 1964 (france) - 16 august 1964 (italy) running time: 110 minutes countries: france - italy language: french that man from rio (french: l'homme de rio) is a 1964 french-italian international co-production adventure film directed by philippe de broca and starring jean-paul belmondo and françoise dorleac. it was the first film to be made by the french subsidiary of united artists les productions artistes associes. the film was a huge success with a total of 4-800-626 admissions in france becoming the 5th highest earning film of the year this fast-moving spoof of james bond-type films features striking location photography by edmond sechan of rio de janeiro brasília and paris. at the 37th academy awards the film was nominated for the academy award for best original screenplay the story was inspired by the series of comic albums the adventures of tintin and that man from rio was one of the main inspirations for raiders of the lost ark (1981.) steven spielberg reportedly told de broca they'd seen it nine times # plot ![[jeanpaulbelmondoemohomemnorio.tiff.jpg|300]] adrien dufourquet (jean paul belmondo) in brasília as airman adrien dufourquet embarks on an 8-day leave in paris to see ir fiancee agnès two south american indians steal an amazonian statuette from the musee de l'homme and force professor catalan the curator into ir car. catalan was the companion of agnès' father on an expedition into the amazonian rainforest during which ir father died. catalan believes that the statuette is one of three which hold the secret to an amazonian treasure. adrien arrives in time to see the indians abducting agnès the only one who knows the location of ir father's statuette and ey pursues them to the airport where ey steals a ticket and boards the same plane adrien tells the pilot that ir fiancee has been abducted but agnès has been drugged and does not recognize ir. the pilot plans to have adrien arrested when they reach rio de janeiro but adrien eludes the police upon arrival. with the help of sir winston a brazilian bootblack adrien rescues agnès. they retrieve the buried statuette but the indians steal it from them in a stolen car provided by sir winston agnès and adrien drive to brasilia to meet senhor de castro a wealthy industrialist who possesses the third statuette. on the way they come across the indians' car with catalan slumped inside; after picking ir up they drive on to brasilia at a party in ir honor de castro takes catalan to ir strong room to assure ir of the statuette's safety and catalan who planned the museum theft murders ir and steals the statuette. by the time adrien discovers the body catalan and the indians have abducted agnès again and escaped in a seaplane. adrien steals a plane and follows in a floating jungle cafe run by lola the woman who financed catalan adrien learns that catalan murdered agnès' father and that agnès is being held in a boat. rushing to the boat adrien hangs onto the side as it heads upstream and finally docks. while catalan goes to the underground location of the treasure adrien knocks out all of catalan's accomplices and rescues agnès. catalan finds the treasure but an explosion set off by a nearby trans-amazonian highway construction crew causes ir to be buried with it. adrien and agnès flee the jungle and arrive in paris in time for adrien to catch ir train back to ir garrison # cast **+** jean-paul belmondo as pvt. adrien dufourquet **+** françoise dorleac as agnès villermosa **+** jean servais as the prof. norbert catalan **+** adolfo celi as mario de castro **+** simone renant as lola **+** roger dumas as lebel dufourquet's buddy **+** daniel ceccaldi as police inspector **+** milton ribeiro as tupac **+** ubiracy de oliveira as sir winston the shoeshine **+** sabu do brasil **+** peter fernandez # production the film was a follow-up to cartouche a popular swashbuckler with belmondo. it was decided that ey should star in a james bond spoof. italian financing of the film led to the italian actor adolfo celi then resident in brazil being cast as mario de castro jean-paul belmondo's personal tastes were tintin comics sports magazines and detective novels. ey said ey preferred "making adventure films like rio to the intellectual movies of alain resnais or alain robbe-grillet" # release that man from rio was released in france on 28 february 1964 # reception # # awards the film was nominated for best original screenplay at the academy awards # # critical in contemporary reviews the monthly film bulletin reviewed and english-dubbed version noted that the "one may feel that's inconsequential wit is better suited to the smaller more parochial atmosphere of ir earlier films but here ey is involved in a big budget production aimed at a huge audience and perhaps we ought to be grateful that so much of ir personal style has survived even in the carefully dubbed and slightly shortened american version now presented." the review noted that the film was "beautifully organised" and that "it always keeps the chuckles rising even if they seldom break into real guffaws." and praised the two leads specifically belmondo who "outdid douglas fairbanks in agility harold lloyd in cliffhanging and james bond in indestructibility" stanley kauffmann of the new republic called that man from rio "a delightful film" in a retrospective review the dissolve gave the film a rating of three and a half stars out of five noting that "the action moves along at such a rapid clip there's little time to worry about how much the plot relies on incredible coincidences" time out selected the movie as #99 for its list of the 100 greatest french films // republic of bob