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To see or to review: L'Homme de Rio, Belmondo on Tintin's thread

2020-04-05T06:15:47.463Z


Directed by Philippe de Broca, the one already nicknamed "Bébel", alongside the unforgettable Françoise Dorléac, shows all his qualities as an outfielder in an adventure inspired by the work of Hergé. The film can be downloaded from Orange or Canal VOD platforms.


Bébel in Rio or Tintin in the Amazon ... After the success of Cartouche , with Claudia Cardinale and Jean-Paul Belmondo at the head of the bill, Philippe de Broca feels himself growing. Inspired by the adventures of the hero reporter imagined by Hergé, the director shoots L'Homme de Rio . Led by Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac, the drumming scenario will introduce spectators to 1963 to Corcovado, Oscar Niemeyer's new Brasília and the treasures and temples of pre-Columbian civilizations.

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The theft of a Maltese statuette (an invention of the director) at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris is used as a pretext by the scriptwriters to dispatch Belmondo aka the Adrien Dufourquet bidasse to South America. It is of course the love that pushes this soldier on leave to cross the Atlantic: his fiancée Agnès Villermosa, the spicy and late Françoise Dorléac, was kidnapped by kidnappers. She is the daughter of a professor specializing in Mesoamerican art.

From adventures to twists and turns, Adrien first finds his girlfriend. The two lovebirds, who bicker as much as they love each other, will brave all dangers with a carefree attitude in an attempt to understand the secret of the stolen statuette. They will quickly discover, from Copacabana to Brasília, passing by Amazonian rivers infested with crocodiles, that the stolen art object is in fact only the first part of a triptych with supernatural power, the key to a fabulous treasure worthy of the Incas.

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From waterfalls to waterfalls, Belmondo becomes in L'Homme de Rio an authentic Tintin in the flesh, with the masculine charm in addition. Philippe de Broca, who had been approached to stage Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece, never hid that he drew briskly - before Steven Spielberg who in turn will be inspired by L'Homme from Rio to build the character of Indiana Jones - in the work of Hergé. The borrowings are transparent here and dot the scenes. From the broken ear to the Temple of the sun via The Seven Crystal Balls and The Secret of The Unicorn, the writing of the script strives to bring to life on the screen the finds of the great Belgian designer.

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This adaptation process, used with great freedom, is also the hallmark of the filmmaker since in The Tribulations of a Chinese in China , shot a year later, Philippe de Broca will draw his material from another genius, this one there science fiction, Jules Verne.

Jean-Paul Belmondo creates a dangerous waterfall on the roofs of the Brasília buildings in L'Homme de Rio. Leemage

The grain of madness by Françoise Dorléac

The charisma of the heroes and the bad guys does a lot in the still maintained suspense of the adventure. The spirit, the funny address of Jean-Paul Belmondo gives the action a twirling character. It was on the towers under construction in Brasília that the daredevil of French cinema, guided by master stuntman Gil Delamare, achieved his first exploits. Françoise Dorléac's all-female grace, but also her touch of madness, add a romantic, offbeat touch, which allows the action to rebound. The crossing of Brazil by Agnes and Adrian in a pink car, strewn with many twists and turns, contributes, like a dessert, to the interest of this thrilling treasure hunt.

Professor Catalan, greedy archaeologist who sees in the flight of the three statuettes the culmination of his destiny as a failed researcher, camped wonderfully by actor Jean Servais, and the munificent magnate of Castro, a megalomaniac lover of art embodied by the charismatic Italian Adolfo Celi (future villain of Operation Thunder ), are the essential devils of L'Homme de Rio . Useful counterpoints, their inhumanity illuminates the freshness and the carefree nature of the duo of lovers formed by Françoise Dorléac and Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Then king of the hexagonal box office - L'Homme de Rio attracted some five million spectators in 1964 -, the Belmondo-Broca duo found an infallible martingale: adventure, laughter, spectacle, all wrapped in scenarios that border on parody without sinking into ridicule. With two highlights in the 70s: The Incorrigible and The Magnificent . Two indeed magnificent comedies, like L'Homme de Rio .

The Orange or Canal VOD platforms allow you to see or review L'Homme de Rio. As an appetizer, Jean-Paul Belmondo in person presents, in images below, his commitment to the film. "Tac-tac, boom-boom", a moment not to be missed.

L'Homme de Rio by Philippe de Broca, in 1964, with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Adolfo Celi ...

Source: lefigaro

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