Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Original title: On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter
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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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Philippe NoiretAntoine Lemercier
Annie GirardotLise Tanquerelle
Francis PerrinCharles-Hubert Pochet
Catherine AlricAgnès Pochet
Marc DudicourtSpiratos
Paulette DubostLa mère de Lise
Roger CarelSacharias, le conservateur
Anna GaylorLa femme du touriste français
Gabriel CattandLe maire
Philippe BrizardLe touriste français
Nikos TsachiridisNikos DafnisKeywords
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What is Jupiter's Thigh about?
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?
How long is Jupiter's Thigh?
Jupiter's Thigh has a runtime of 100 minutes.