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* LogoJoke: The [[https://youtu.be/63avDvXBcRo Gaumont]] VanityPlate for the film is that of TheEighties instead of a more recent one, to fit the movie's setting.
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* LogoJoke: The [[https://youtu.be/63avDvXBcRo Gaumont]] Creator/{{Gaumont}} VanityPlate for the film is that of TheEighties ([[https://youtu.be/63avDvXBcRo see here]]) instead of a more recent one, to fit the movie's setting.
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In 1981, French agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117, is sent to an African country to help the country's president against an armed rebellion as part of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françafrique "Françafrique"]] policy. He also has to team up with a younger agent named Serge, aka OSS 1001, played by Pierre Niney.
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In 1981, French agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117, is sent to an African country to help the country's president against an armed rebellion as part of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françafrique "Françafrique"]] policy. He also has to team up with a younger agent named Serge, aka OSS 1001, played by Pierre Niney.1001 (Creator/PierreNiney).
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''OSS 117: From Africa with Love'' (French title ''OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique noire'', "OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa") is a 2021 French spy comedy film, directed by Nicolas Bedos. It is the third of the [[Film/OSS117 film series]] starring Creator/JeanDujardin after ''[[Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies Cairo, Nest of Spies]]'' and ''[[Film/OSS117LostInRio Lost in Rio]]''.
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''OSS 117: From Africa with Love'' (French title ''OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique noire'', "OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa") is a 2021 French spy comedy film, directed by Nicolas Bedos. It is the third of installment in the [[Film/OSS117 modern ''Film/OSS117'' film series]] series starring Creator/JeanDujardin after ''[[Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies Cairo, Nest of Spies]]'' and ''[[Film/OSS117LostInRio Lost in Rio]]''.
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* ForgotFlandersCouldDoThis: In-universe. After being faced with example after example of 117's stupidity and incompetence, 1001 is both relieved and shocked that he manages to build and code a timed bomb from scratch - it's not enough to restore his Broken Pedestal, though.
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* ForgotFlandersCouldDoThis: ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat: In-universe. After being faced with example after example of 117's stupidity and incompetence, 1001 is both relieved and shocked that he manages to build and code a timed bomb from scratch - it's not enough to restore his Broken Pedestal, though.
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** The film makes several references to television shows of that time, notably a show for kids named ''L'Île aux enfants'' (which started in 1975 but continued until 1982). It includes actual pictures from then on several occasions.
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** The film makes several references to television shows of that time, notably a show for kids named ''L'Île aux enfants'' (which started in 1975 but continued until 1982). It includes actual pictures from back then on several occasions.
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* AnAesop: The colonial past of Africa still has massive repercussions in the present, and the remaining western influence is keeping in place a system that prevents it from developing freely. 117 understands this [[spoiler: but, being [[MyCountryRightOrWrong himself]], doesn't put this new knowledge in practice]].
* BrokenPedestal: 1001 used to idolize 117, but quickly comes to see that his luck-based spying skills don't make up in the least for his insufferable personnality.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The president rigs the election and work with France to maintain power and enrich himself but he will drop his YesMan francophiliac attitude when Hubert say something outright racist.
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* ForgotFlandersCouldDoThis: In-universe. After being faced with example after example of 117's stupidity and incompetence, 1001 is both relieved and shocked that he manages to build and code a timed bomb from scratch - it's not enough to restore his Broken Pedestal, though.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:The president President Bamba rigs the election and work with France to maintain power and enrich himself but he will drop his YesMan francophiliac attitude when Hubert say something outright racist.racist.
* HighTurnoverRate: The agency goes through spies like tissues; 117, when he hears the codename OSS 1001,is surprised that they've already gone through all the 800's and 900's. At the end of the movie, he himself says that [[spoiler: although 1001 is dead, he will soon be replaced by a 1002,a 1003 and a 1004]].
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* HighTurnoverRate: The agency goes through spies like tissues; 117, when he hears the codename OSS 1001,is surprised that they've already gone through all the 800's and 900's. At the end of the movie, he himself says that [[spoiler: although 1001 is dead, he will soon be replaced by a 1002,a 1003 and a 1004]].
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: The mid-credits stinger reveals that [[spoiler: OSS 1001 actually survived his encounter with the crocodile, though he lost both his legs]].
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''OSS 117: From Africa with Love'' (French title ''OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique noire'', "OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa") is a 2021 French spy comedy film, directed by Nicolas Bedos[[note]]Michel Hazanavicius declined to make the movie as he didn’t like the script[[/note]]. It is the third of the [[Film/OSS117 film series]] starring Creator/JeanDujardin after ''[[Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies Cairo, Nest of Spies]]'' and ''[[Film/OSS117LostInRio Lost in Rio]]''.
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''OSS 117: From Africa with Love'' (French title ''OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique noire'', "OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa") is a 2021 French spy comedy film, directed by Nicolas Bedos[[note]]Michel Hazanavicius declined to make the movie as he didn’t like the script[[/note]].Bedos. It is the third of the [[Film/OSS117 film series]] starring Creator/JeanDujardin after ''[[Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies Cairo, Nest of Spies]]'' and ''[[Film/OSS117LostInRio Lost in Rio]]''.
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''OSS 117: From Africa with Love'' (French title ''OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique noire'', "OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa") is a 2021 French spy comedy film, directed by Nicolas Bedos. It is the third of the [[Film/OSS117 film series]] starring Creator/JeanDujardin after ''[[Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies Cairo, Nest of Spies]]'' and ''[[Film/OSS117LostInRio Lost in Rio]]''.
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''OSS 117: From Africa with Love'' (French title ''OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique noire'', "OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa") is a 2021 French spy comedy film, directed by Nicolas Bedos.Bedos[[note]]Michel Hazanavicius declined to make the movie as he didn’t like the script[[/note]]. It is the third of the [[Film/OSS117 film series]] starring Creator/JeanDujardin after ''[[Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies Cairo, Nest of Spies]]'' and ''[[Film/OSS117LostInRio Lost in Rio]]''.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The president rigs the election and work with France to maintain power and enrich himself but he will drop his YesMan francophiliac attitude when Hubert say something outright racist.
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* BodyDouble: The president has three of those [[spoiler:Hubert isn't even sure if the real one survived the assassination]].
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* VoteEarlyVoteOften: The first democratic election of the African country supervised by France "predict" the president to win with eighty-four percent of the votes.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Hubert is taught early that [[spoiler:when a computer doesn't work well you should restart it]].
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* ChekhovsSkill: Hubert is taught early that [[spoiler:when a computer doesn't work well you should restart it]]. He also uses German to scare of animals as Leon the leopard trainer told him German is the best language for taming animals.
