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.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
That Man From Rio is a crazy delight, a stylish, early-'60s pastiche that folds in every adventure-movie cliche you've ever seen, and possibly invents a few new ones.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Village Voice,
19 Aug 2014
rotten:
The fun feels forced almost all the way through "That Man From Rio," at least until the pure action and Belmondo's athleticism take over.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
21 Aug 2014
fresh:
It's fun, in an imperialist, colonialist, patronizing, exotic-marginalized-foreigners way.