Jupiter's Thigh (1981)

  • 12
  • 08/28/1981 (DE)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 40m

Overview

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?

Philippe de Broca

Director

Jean-Paul Rouland

Characters

Claude Olivier

Characters

Michel Audiard

Screenplay

Cast

Philippe Noiret's headshot

Philippe Noiret

Antoine Lemercier
Annie Girardot's headshot

Annie Girardot

Lise Tanquerelle
Francis Perrin's headshot

Francis Perrin

Charles-Hubert Pochet
Catherine Alric's headshot

Catherine Alric

Agnès Pochet
Marc Dudicourt's headshot

Marc Dudicourt

Spiratos
Paulette Dubost's headshot

Paulette Dubost

La mère de Lise
Roger Carel's headshot

Roger Carel

Sacharias, le conservateur
Anna Gaylor's headshot

Anna Gaylor

La femme du touriste français

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