MUSIC BOX FILMS Presents OSS 117: CAIRO NEST OF SPIES A film by Michel Hazanavicius With Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Béjo, Aure Atika and Philippe Lefèbvre Written by Jean-François Halin based on the “OSS 117” novels by Jean Bruce Adaptation and dialogues by Jean-François Halin and Michel Hazanavicius A film produced by Eric and Nicolas Altmayer Running time 1h39 Not rated Please download high res photos from http://www.musicboxfilms.com/oss117 Press contact: Distribution Contact: Sophie Gluck & Associates Music Box Films Sophie Gluck/Sylvia Savadjian 942 Lake St 124 West 79th Street Chicago, IL 60607 New York, NY 10024 (312) 432-1215 Tel: (212) 595-2432
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[email protected] SYNOPSIS Egypt, 1955. Cairo is a real nest of spies. Everyone is suspicious of everyone else. Everyone is plotting against everyone else: the British, the French, the Soviets, the family of the deposed King Farouk, who want to reclaim his thrown, the Eagles of Kheops, a religious sect that wants to seize power… The President of the French Republic, Monsieur René Coty, sends his best weapon to put some order into this turmoil teetering on the verge of chaos: Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, otherwise known as OSS 117. NOTES ABOUT THE PRODUCTION An entire era seen from today. Nicolas Altmayer, who produced the film along with his brother Eric, remembers: “It all started with the discovery of a few old OSS 117 novels in our parents’ library. The covers with stylized and very colorful drawings, the slightly old-fashioned action scenes and that fifties style awakened a multitude of memories in me.