法国动作巨星贝尔蒙多最走红时主演了这部节奏紧凑利落的冒险动作片，在片中饰演介乎詹姆斯·邦德与印第安那·琼斯的英雄，负责找寻被盗取的巴西珍贵古物，经过一连串的追踪、打斗和揭发内奸的行动，终于完成了任务。全片娱乐元素丰富，贝尔蒙多充分发挥其敏捷身手，演出了不少紧张刺激的动作场面。导演在优秀的摄影师协助下，跨国拍摄了优美的地域风光，使影片增色不少，同时在悬念与动作之外也有轻松惹笑的趣味平衡气氛，堪称是一部成功的法式喜剧动作片。在60年代，本片是法国乃至欧洲影坛少数能与好莱坞产品在商业和票房上相抗衡之作。

讲述一位正在服兵役的年轻士兵得知女友被盗贼绑架到里约热内卢后，展开了一场惊险刺激的营救大冒险。

故事在两位老友间展开，财经记者（杰克·吉伦哈尔 Jake Gyllenhaal 饰）到里约热内卢拜访一位富有的朋友（本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch 饰），不料却陷入伪造朋友假死的阴谋……

故事在两位老友间展开，财经记者（杰克·吉伦哈尔 Jake Gyllenhaal 饰）到里约热内卢拜访一位富有的朋友（本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch 饰），不料却陷入伪造朋友假死的阴谋……

Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the first flight to Rio are just the beginning.

《里约40度》是一部半纪录式影片，描写巴西里约热内卢酷热的一天，人们的真实生活和景象。《里约40度》标志着一位杰出的电影导演的诞生，纳尔逊.佩雷拉.多斯桑托斯，这位巴西新电影之父，由此得到了第一次成功和国际影坛的关注。

Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlântico in Rio and Roger offers to fly Belinha part way home. After a mechanical breakdown and forced landing, Roger is confident and makes his move, but Belinha plays hard to get. She can't seem to decide between Roger and her fiance Júlio. When performing the airborne production number to mark the Hotel's opening, Júlio gets some intriguing ideas... Written by Gary Jackson <[email protected]>

Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlântico in Rio and Roger offers to fly Belinha part way home. After a mechanical breakdown and forced landing, Roger is confident and makes his move, but Belinha plays hard to get. She can't seem to decide between Roger and her fiance Júlio. When performing the airborne production number to mark the Hotel's opening, Júlio gets some intriguing ideas... Written by Gary Jackson <[email protected]>