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Jupiter's Thigh 1980 Directed by Philippe de Broca On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter

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?

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Gnere Comedy
Release Date 6 February 1980
100 mins
Cast
Philippe Noiret Antoine Lemercier
Annie Girardot Lise Tanquerelle
Francis Perrin Charles-Hubert Pochet
Catherine Alric Agnès Pochet
Marc Dudicourt Spiratos
Paulette Dubost La mère de Lise
Roger Carel Sacharias, le conservateur
Anna Gaylor La femme du touriste français
Philippe Brizard Le touriste français
Vasilis Kolovos L'inspecteur de police