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"OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies"
2006
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius

In this deadpan spoof of 1960s spy movies, Jean Dujardin plays special agent OSS 117, a dim, hugely arrogant French version of James Bond. When forced to leave the ladies in Rome to solve a colleague's murder in Egypt, 117 falls ass-backwards into clues and stumbles blindly into every problem facing the Middle East during the film's mid-1950s setting, including the Suez Crisis. "The film makes joyous nonsense out of bad matte paintings, obvious miniature effects, unsubtle sexual innuendo, and a lead actor who plays the role to clueless, arched-eyebrow perfection" (Scott Foundas, The Village Voice). French with English subtitles. 95 mInutes.