Fresh
It's fun, in an imperialist, colonialist, patronizing, exotic-marginalized-foreigners way.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
That Man from Rio
Look what they call a quiet week in Rio!
1964 · 1h 57m · Not Rated
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Directed by
Philippe de Broca
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That Man from Rio
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Philippe de Broca Director
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Adrien Dufourquet
- Françoise Dorléac as Agnès Villermosa
- Jean Servais as Prof. Norbert Catalan
- Simone Renant as Lola
- Adolfo Celi as Señor Mario De Castro
- Roger Dumas as Lebel
- Daniel Ceccaldi as Commissaire
- Ubiracy De Oliveira as "Sir Winston"
- Milton Ribeiro as Tupac
- Lucien Raimbourg as General in wheelchair
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
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
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
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