Jupiter's Thigh (1980)

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Jupiter's Thigh on IMDb 6.2/10 670 votes

Released:
1980-02-06

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?

Director:
Philippe de Broca

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
Comedy

  • Cast:
  • Philippe Noiret
    as
    Antoine Lemercier
  • Annie Girardot
    as
    Lise Tanquerelle
  • Francis Perrin
    as
    Charles-Hubert Pochet
  • Catherine Alric
    as
    Agnès Pochet
  • Marc Dudicourt
    as
    Spiratos