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That Man from Rio
“Look what they call a quiet week in Rio!”
7.4 / 10• 1964• 1h 57m•NR• French
AdventureActionComedy
Storyline
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.
Cast & Crew
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Adrien Dufourquet
Lead
Françoise Dorléac
Agnès Villermosa
Jean Servais
Prof. Norbert Catalan
Simone Renant
Lola
Adolfo Celi
Señor Mario De Castro
Roger Dumas
Lebel
Daniel Ceccaldi
Commissaire
UD
Ubiracy De Oliveira
"Sir Winston"
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Philippe de Broca's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. That Man from Rio is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
