Bibliograph

That man from Rio, L'homme de Rio

Type

Label

That man from Rio, L'homme de Rio

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

That man from Rio

Oclc number

955163983

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally produced by Cohen Film Collection in 1964

Runtime

115

Sub title

L'homme de Rio

Summary

A blow dart-wielding thug snatches a rare statuette from the Musee de l'Homme; anthropologist Jean Servais (Rififi) is kidnapped in broad Parisian daylight; serviceman Jean-Paul Belmondo begins his 8-day leave by changing to civvies in a Metro entrance and witnesses fiancee Francoise Dorleac (Catherine Deneuve's sister, killed in a car accident 3 years later) getting kidnapped herself - and then the chase begins: by motorcycle, shoe leather, flight to Rio de Janeiro sans ticket or passport, airport baggage carrier, cable car, pink car complete with green stars and a rumble seat, water skies, Amazon river boat, seaplane, jungle vine... all shot in breathtaking widescreen and color. Even as Dorleac, rescued, is kidnapped again, Belmondo performs his own blood-curdling stunts against that sugar loaf Rio skyline and across that under-construction unearthly architecture of Brasilia (even parachuting almost into the jaws of a hungry croc)

Technique

live action

Contributor

Genre