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''Espion, lève-toi'' ("Spy, get up") is a 1982 French film directed by Yves Boisset and starring Creator/LinoVentura, Creator/MichelPiccoli and Creator/BrunoCremer.
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''Espion, lève-toi'' ("Spy, get up") is a 1982 French spy film directed by Yves Boisset and starring Creator/LinoVentura, Creator/MichelPiccoli and Creator/BrunoCremer.
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''Espion, lève-toi'' ("Spy, get up") is a 1982 French film directed by Yves Boisset and starring Creator/LinoVentura and Creator/MichelPiccoli.
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''Espion, lève-toi'' ("Spy, get up") is a 1982 French film directed by Yves Boisset and starring Creator/LinoVentura Creator/LinoVentura, Creator/MichelPiccoli and Creator/MichelPiccoli.Creator/BrunoCremer.
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* CantBatheWithoutAWeapon: Ramos has his gun in the holster in a chair right beside him as he showers.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Grenier knows that something is happening when he hears that Alfred Zimmer, a guy he has to meet, was murdered by a left-wing terrorist group.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Grenier knows that something is happening when he hears that Alfred Zimmer, a guy he has had to meet, was murdered by a left-wing terrorist group.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Grenier knows that something is happening when he hears that Alfred Zimmer, a guy he has to meet, was murdered by a left-wing terrorist group.
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* CreatorCameo: The director, Yves Boisset, plays the role of a henchman of Richard.
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: Alfred Zimmer is murdered in a tram. Later, Kieffer is murdered during his official visit to the university.
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: Alfred Zimmer is murdered in a tram. Later, Kieffer is murdered during his official visit to the university.
* MeaningfulName: Jean-Paul ''Chance'' (the title of the original book was even ''Chance Awakening'').
* {{Shoutout}}: Grenier knows that he is assigned a new mission because he receives by mail a copy of ''Twenty Years After'' by Creator/AlexandreDumas.
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** When he goes to Munich to meet another French spy, Grenier let him know who he is by asking for a rare book.
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** When he goes to Munich to meet Meyer, another French spy, Grenier let him know who he is by asking for a rare book.
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* OvertRendezvous: Grenier meets Chance first during a concert in a park , then during a sport event.
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* SecretTest: After his first meeting with Chance, Grenier is doubtful about his true intentions. Therefore, he decides to contact his hierarchy through an emergency procedure. So he attends a sport event where he is supposed to meet another French spy, but Chance shows up and tells him that the ambiguous proposal he made during their first meeting was a test and that he has passed it.
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** Grenier's message in the small adds makes reference to Creator/AlexandreDumas's books, but it is actually an emergency message to his hierarchy.
** When he goes to Munich to meet another French spy, Grenier let him know who he is by asking for a rare book.
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** When he goes to Munich to meet another French spy, Grenier let him know who he is by asking for a rare book.
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''Espion, lève-toi'' ("Spy, get up") is a 1982 French film directed by Yves Boisset and starring Creator/LinoVentura and Creator/MichelPiccoli.
Grenier (Ventura) is a French spy living in Zurich, Switzerland. A guy who has an appointment with him is murdered in a tram. Then he is contacted by Chance (Piccoli), a guy who pretends to work for the French secret services, but Grenier is doubtful.
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!!''Espion, lève-toi'' provides examples of:
* DeepCoverAgent: Grenier has lived a normal life in Zurich for eight years. His partner, Anna, does not even know that he is a spy.
* DirtyCommunists: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Chance is a Soviet spy, he tries to manipulate Grenier and he plays dirty tricks, but the French secret services are responsible for [[spoiler:Anna's murder]].
* DisposableWoman: When he hears that [[spoiler:Anna was murdered]], Grenier decides to take revenge.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Anna is murdered, then Grenier.]]
* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is adapted from ''Chance Awakening'', a 1977 book by George Markstein.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Grenier gets killed by Richard and his henchmen in the end.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When he hears that [[spoiler:Anna was murdered]], Grenier decides to take revenge. He kills Ramos, then Chance. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he does not kill Richar, the guy who is responsible for Anna's murder.]]
* SpyFiction: Bleach and Ammonia Flavored. The French government has no qualms about murdering its own spies and innocent bystanders.
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Grenier (Ventura) is a French spy living in Zurich, Switzerland. A guy who has an appointment with him is murdered in a tram. Then he is contacted by Chance (Piccoli), a guy who pretends to work for the French secret services, but Grenier is doubtful.
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!!''Espion, lève-toi'' provides examples of:
* DeepCoverAgent: Grenier has lived a normal life in Zurich for eight years. His partner, Anna, does not even know that he is a spy.
* DirtyCommunists: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Chance is a Soviet spy, he tries to manipulate Grenier and he plays dirty tricks, but the French secret services are responsible for [[spoiler:Anna's murder]].
* DisposableWoman: When he hears that [[spoiler:Anna was murdered]], Grenier decides to take revenge.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Anna is murdered, then Grenier.]]
* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is adapted from ''Chance Awakening'', a 1977 book by George Markstein.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Grenier gets killed by Richard and his henchmen in the end.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When he hears that [[spoiler:Anna was murdered]], Grenier decides to take revenge. He kills Ramos, then Chance. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he does not kill Richar, the guy who is responsible for Anna's murder.]]
* SpyFiction: Bleach and Ammonia Flavored. The French government has no qualms about murdering its own spies and innocent bystanders.
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