Comment réussir... quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974) Directed by Michel Audiard
Comedy
aka: How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Film Review
Great cast, pity about the script. The flair for
screenwriting which Michel Audiard showed in films for other directors
is strangely lacking in the films which he himself directed. A
few brilliant visual gags aside, Comment
réussir... quand on est con et pleurnichard is a pretty
tedious run-about farce which suffers from a lamentably weak narrative
and some pretty feeble attempts at humour revolving
mostly about female nudity.
(At times, it looks as if this was intended as a clumsy send-up of Just Jaeckin's
controversial erotic drama Emmanuelle, released
the same year.)
Fortunately, Audiard's star-studded cast,
which includes such talented performers as Jean Rochefort and
Stéphane Audran, can be called upon to
make a sub-mediocre comedy mildly entertaining.
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Film Synopsis
Antoine Robineau manages to sell his homemade alcoholic drinks not by
promoting their positive attributes, which are non-existent, but by
playing on the sympathy of his clients. He soon discovers that by
employing the same technique in his personal life, he is able to attract some very desirable
women, who assist him in his ascent of the social ladder...
Cast:Jean Carmet (Antoine Robineau),
Stéphane Audran (Cécile Malempin),
Jane Birkin (Jane),
Jean-Pierre Marielle (Gérard Malempin),
Jean Rochefort (Foisnard),
Evelyne Buyle (Marie-Josée),
Féodor Atkine (Le mime du cabaret),
Laurence Badie (Une employée de l'hôtel),
Paul Bisciglia (Le chasseur PLM),
Jacques Canselier (Le surveillant TV PLM),
Robert Dalban (Léonce),
Jacqueline Doyen (Mme Léonce),
Jean-Claude Dreyfus (Le transformiste du cabaret),
Bernard Dumaine (Le réceptionniste PLM),
Anne Fleurange (Une employée PLM),
Sébastien Floche (Marcel),
Jacqueline Fontaine (La femme de Marcel),
Ginette Garcin (L'infirmière-chef),
Jeanne Herviale (Maman Robineau),
Rudy Lenoir (Le client allemand PLM)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 90 min
Aka:How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
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