the film sees de la bath travel through brazil, including rio de janeiro, brasilia and iguazu falls.

jean dujardin plays the french spy remarkably well, demonstrating with much humor, a daft clueless sexism and anti-semitism, and a cheerful racism which parody the gross exaggerations of the bond films.

set to a bossa nova musical score, mostly set in swinging 1960s rio (the alto da boa vista and the dona marta   being the main filming locations), the film has a glamorous feel, complete with beautiful women in stylishly patterned mini-dresses, theatrical stunts, and ludicrous characters.