is a French comedy film directed by
Michel Audiard, released in 1974.
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard
' at Allocine. It is notable as the first film with the actor
Jean-Claude Dreyfus. Audiard appears in the film as a nurse.
Plot
In Paris, Antoine lives modestly with his sour old mother and sells cases of fake vermouth to owners of little bars, his ploy being to win their sympathy, particularly the wives. Telling tales of his sad life, he recites fake Baudelaire poetry and ends with the burial of his beloved mother. He wins the sympathy of Marie-Josée, a hotel employee who is the mistress of Gérard, the manager. He wins the sympathy of Jane, a stripper who lives with Foisnard, a pianist. After sending Jane and Gérard off touring in a double act, he wins the sympathy of Gérard's wife Cécile and moves into her country house, spending his days as manager of Gérard's hotel, where he enjoys the favours of Marie-Josée. As everybody comes to realise how he has manipulated them, the game ends and he is back with his mother, planning a campaign to unload more vermouth.
Technical data
*Director :
Michel Audiard
*Screenplay :
Michel Audiard and
Jean-Marie Poiré
Jean-Marie Poiré (; born 10 July 1945), also credited as Jean-Marie Gaubert, is a French film director, and screenwriter. He is the son of the producer Alain Poiré.
Filmography As director
* ''Les petits câlins'' (''The Little Wheedlers'') (19 ...
*Duration : 90 minutes
*Release date : 19 June 1974
*Language: French
Cast
*
Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet (; 25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor.
Life and career
Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internat ...
: Antoine Robineau
*
Jean-Pierre Marielle : Gérard Malempin
*
Stéphane Audran : Cécile Malempin
*
Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin ( ; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was a British and French actress, singer, and designer. She had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in French cinema.
A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, ...
: Jane
*
Evelyne Buyle : Marie-Josée Mulot
*
Jean Rochefort : Foisnard
*
Daniel Prévost
Daniel Prévost (; born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer.
Early life
Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie ...
: Carducci
*
Jeanne Herviale : Robineau's mother
*
Robert Dalban : Léonce
*
Jacqueline Doyen : Madame Léonce
*
Jean-Claude Dreyfus : The transformist
*
Ginette Garcin : The head nurse
*
Minka
are Vernacular architecture, vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese architecture, Japanese building styles.
In the context of the four divisions of society, were the dwellings of farmers, artisans, and merchan ...
: The surly nurse
*
Michel Audiard : The male nurse
*
Laurence Badie : The hotel attendant
*
Paul Bisciglia : The hunter
*
Féodor Atkine : The mime
*
Manu Pluton : The black
*
Sébastien Floche : Marcel
Notes
References
External links
*
French comedy films
1970s French-language films
1974 films
1974 comedy films
Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard
Films directed by Michel Audiard
1970s French films
Gaumont (company) films
{{1970s-comedy-film-stub