

That Man from Rio
Directed by Philippe de Broca
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden… From TMDB
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That Man from Rio is a 1964 adventure action comedy film, directed by Philippe de Broca, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac and Jean Servais.
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24 of 24 · most liked first#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies 498/1000: THAT MAN FROM RIO This is a crazily fun film, which is a perfect mix of the action, adventure and spy film genres. It is a completely enjoyable movie, with lots of chase scenes that will keep you entirely hooked. Belmondo is the epitome of 60s European cool.
positive · AI labelView post →Jean Paul Belmondo #BOTD was the first international movie star to be filmed in Brasilia. The city was inaugurated in 1960, and in That Man from Rio (1964) he can be seen cavorting around the unfinished buildings.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jean Paul Belmondo #BOTD was the first international movie star to be filmed in Brasilia. The city was inaugurated in 1960, and in That Man from Rio (1964) he can be seen cavorting around the unfinished buildings.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oscar Niemeyer is sometimes referred to as the set designer for That Man from Rio (1964). Much of the film was shot on construction sites of Niemeyer buildings in what became Brasilia
neutral · AI labelView post →Oscar Niemeyer #BOTD is sometimes referred to as the set designer for That Man from Rio (1964). Much of the film was shot on construction sites of Niemeyer buildings in what became Brasilia
neutral · AI labelView post →NW: That Man from Rio (1964, dir. Philippe de Broca) #Filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Smash 2 movies together to make a new movie "She's All That Man From Rio"
neutral · AI labelView post →For #EdwardsMovieCharacterChallenge by @midgetmoxie.bsky.social Day 4... A statue is a Macguffin in... L'homme de Rio / That Man from Rio (1964) weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness... this pair in the movie, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac... in That Man from Rio weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →For Day 9. Movie that shows passport or ID... #Bales2025FilmChallenge Belmondo has passport troubles when his fiancée is kidnapped in L’homme de Rio / That Man from Rio (1964)... weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →#Bales2025FilmChallenge Feb 23. FREEBIE That Man from Rio (1964) – A breezy, fun adventure film that heavily influenced Speilberg's Indiana Jones
positive · AI labelView post →Now watching “That Man From Rio” (1964), a Martin & Lewis & Jackie Chan -style travelogue spy farce on Tubi
neutral · AI labelView post →That Man from Rio is an absolute blast of a French film. My favorite Jean-Paul Belmondo flick.
positive · AI labelView post →For #Bales2026MovieChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky June 26.. Feature a Beautifully Strange Ending... L'homme de Rio / That Man from Rio (1964) weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sure. Glad you liked it. I think that parts of it inflluenced other films, in the same way that the final Brazilian scene in the 1964 French comedy "L'homme de Rio" ("That Man from Rio") influenced the opening scene of the 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
neutral · AI labelView post →i finished it maybe because it was getting late I was getting bored but it was definitely watchable That Man from Rio is definitely the better and much funnier movie also on Kanopy filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Sept 7 2021 JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO, French cinema icon who found overnight fame with breakout role in Goddard's revolutionary 1960 New Wave classic, Breathless, dies in Paris at the age of 88. Standouts from his 100 film career include That Man From Rio, Pierrot le Fou & Borsalino.
neutral · AI labelView post →For #Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge Day 18... Museum in a movie... L’homme de Rio / That Man from Rio (1964) #Filmsky #Moviesky weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →For #Bales2026FilmChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky May 4 - Set in Garden / Forest.. Some of L’homme de Rio / That Man from Rio (1964) is set in the latter... weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →'That Man From Rio': Sydney Sweeney, Director Justin Lin to Team Up for Apple's Remake!! #SydneySweeney, #JustinLin, #Apple, #ThatManFromRio https://movizark.com/2025/10/30/that-man-from-rio-sydney-sweeney-director-justin-lin-to-team-up-for-apples-remake/
neutral · AI labelView post →Yay!!! just spotted this, can you please add me with the French film, That Man from Rio (1964) which is set mostly in Brazil please... Me : Gill Jacob from Realweegiemidget Reviews Link: weegiemidget.wordpress.com Will add it to Day 1 of the blogathon, Thanks, Gill xx
neutral · AI labelView post →That Man from Rio Type: Live Action. Format: Movie. Year: 1964. Length: 1 hour and 56 minutes. Country: Brazil, France and Italy. Director: Philippe de Broca. Grade:
neutral · AI labelView post →⛰️ That Man from Rio (French: L'Homme de Rio) is a 1964 French-Italian international co-production adventure film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac. #film #LHommeDeRio www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceB4...
neutral · AI labelView post →South by Southwest After a French woman (Françoise Dorléac.) is kidnapped due to her knowledge of a valuable tribal statue, her beau on leave from the military (Jean-Paul Belmondo) relentlessly pursues her from Paris to Rio de Janeiro to Brasília to the Amazon River and the deep jungles nearby. Jean Servais plays a Parisian professor while Adolfo Celi is on hand as a wealthy industrialist in Brasília. A French-Italian production with subtitles, “That Man from Rio” (1964) is an amusing…
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