OSS 117: From Africa with Love

OSS 117: From Africa with Love
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French	OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique Noire
Directed by	Nicolas Bedos
Screenplay by	Jean-François Halin
Adaptation by	Nicolas Bedos
Based on	OSS 117 by Jean Bruce
Produced by	Éric Altmayer Nicolas Altmayer
Starring	Jean Dujardin Pierre Niney Fatou N'Diaye Natacha Lindinger Habib Dembélé Pol White Ivan Franek Gilles Cohen Wladimir Yordanoff
Cinematography	Laurent Tangy
Edited by	Anny Danché Florent Vassault
Music by	Nicolas Bedos Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen
Production companies	Gaumont Mandarin Production Scope Pictures M6 Films
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release dates	21 July 2021 (2021-07-21) (Cannes) 4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) (France)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
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.