OSS 117: From Africa with Love

OSS 117: From Africa with Love
Film poster
FrenchOSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique Noire
Directed byNicolas Bedos
Screenplay byJean-François Halin
Adaptation by
  • Nicolas Bedos
Based onOSS 117
by Jean Bruce
Produced byÉric Altmayer
Nicolas Altmayer
Starring
CinematographyLaurent Tangy
Edited byAnny Danché
Florent Vassault
Music byNicolas Bedos
Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen
Production
companies
Gaumont
Mandarin Production
Scope Pictures
M6 Films
Distributed byGaumont
Release dates
  • 21 July 2021 (2021-07-21) (Cannes)
  • 4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) (France)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget€18.35 million[1]
Box office$13.4 million[2]

OSS 117: From Africa with Love[3] (original French title in France: OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique Noire; lit. 'OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa', title in Quebec: OSS 117: Bons baisers d'Afrique,[4] lit. 'OSS 117: "Warm Greetings" from Africa') is a 2021 French spy comedy film directed by Nicolas Bedos from a screenplay by Jean-François Halin. It is the eleventh film based on the Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117 character created by Jean Bruce and the third in the parody series starring Jean Dujardin as a comedic take on the titular character, preceded by OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009), both of which were directed by Michel Hazanavicius.

From Africa with Love is set in 1981, 14 years after Lost in Rio, and follows OSS 117 on a mission in Black Africa (unknown country) where he teams up with a young agent, OSS 1001. It co-stars Pierre Niney, Fatou N'Diaye, Natacha Lindinger, Habib Dembélé, Pol White, Gilles Cohen, and Wladimir Yordanoff. The film premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on 21 July 2021, and theatrically released on 4 August 2021 in France and Canada.

  1. ^ "JP BOX-OFFICE VERSION MOBILE > OSS 117: Alerte rouge en Afrique noire". jpbox-office.com. March 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "OSS 117: From Africa with Love". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  3. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (October 30, 2019). "Gaumont unveils third instalment in Jean Dujardin-starring '0SS 117' spy spoof series". ScreenDaily. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Fournier, Laurence. "Ce que vous pourrez voir d'intéressant au cinéma durant les 4 prochains mois". www.cinoche.com (in French). Retrieved June 12, 2021.