61243
61243

Jupiter's Thigh

1980-02-06
6.234
fr 100m
Comedy
Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the lovely buttocks of a classical statue and is determined to donate it to the Louvre. Agnes wants to sell it and gets a handsome local sailor to take it for an appraisal. When the sailor is murdered, the police suspect Charles and arrest Antoine as his accomplice. Lise swings into action, but before she can clear the men, Agnes springs them from jail, and now Lise must help them elude the police, find the real murderer, and recover the statue fragment. More art goes missing. What is the statue's secret?
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Director

Philippe de Broca

Dialogue

Michel Audiard

Characters

Jean-Paul Rouland

Characters

Claude Olivier

Screenplay

Michel Audiard

Special Effects

Giannis Samiotis

sequel murder

Status

Released

Countries

  • France

Companies

  • Les Films Ariane
  • Mondex Films
  • France 3 Cinéma