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The Associate (1979)
Directed by René Gainville
Comedy · 1h 34m
An unemployed investor creates a fictious business partner to attempt to improve business. Eventually, his creation gets out of control as his business becomes successful and his wife announces that she is in love with the partner and his son wishes the partner was his father -- although no one has ever seen him. To regain control, the man decides to "kill" his imaginary partner and is arrested for the murder.
Cast
Michel Serrault
Julien Pardot
Claudine Auger
Agnès Pardot, épouse de Julien
Catherine Alric
Mme Alice Duphorin, épouse de Marc, amante de Julien
Judith Magre
Mme Breol, la secrétaire de Julien
Bernard Haller
M. Hellzer, propriétaire d'une banque
Marco Perrin
Colonel Vauban, administrateur de sociétés
Jean Martin
M. Bastias
Fabrice Josso
Thierry Pardot
Henri Virlogeux
M. Urioste, agent de change
Mathieu Carrière
Louis, ami de Julien
Vadim Glowna
Me Marc Duphorin, avocat d'affaires véreux
Astrid Frank
Mme Marie-Claude Hellzer, amante de Louis
Crew
- Director
- René Gainville
- Screenplay
- René Gainville, Jean-Claude Carrière
- Novel
- Jenaro Prieto
- Director of Photography
- Étienne Szabo
- Original Music Composer
- Michel Bernholc, Mort Shuman
- Editor
- Raymonde Guyot
- Producer
- René Gainville
Details
- Original title
- L'Associé
- Release date
- 1979-08-22
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Belgium, France, Germany
- Production
- Maran Film, France•3, Maygar Productions