Jupiter's Thigh
6.2
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?
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Part of Inspector Tanquerelle
2 films
Cast
13 people
Philippe Noiret
Antoine Lemercier
Known for
Cinema Paradiso
The Postman
Annie Girardot
Lise Tanquerelle
Known for
The Piano Teacher
Caché
Francis Perrin
Charles-Hubert Pochet
Known for
Lucky Luke
Nicholas on Holiday
Catherine Alric
Agnès Pochet
Known for
Incorrigible
Marc Dudicourt
Spiratos
Known for
Don't Deliver Us from Evil
Nuit d'ivresse
Paulette Dubost
La mère de Lise
Known for
The Last Metro
The Rules of the Game
Roger Carel
Sacharias, le conservateur
Known for
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Once Upon a Time... Life
Anna Gaylor
La femme du touriste français
Known for
Just a Breath Away
You Don't Choose Your Family
Gabriel Cattand
Le maire
Known for
The Outsider
The Story of O
Philippe Brizard
Le touriste français
Known for
The Cabbage Soup
The Pariah
Nikos Tsachiridis
Known for
Island of Death
Nikos Dafnis
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Good morning Life
Για την Άννα
Philippe de Broca Director · Michel Audiard Screenplay
First release February 6, 1980 · Produced in France · Production Mondex Films, France 3 Cinéma
Production
Les Films Ariane
Production
Mondex Films
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 6, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
August 28, 1981 · Theatrical
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