Nous maigrirons ensemble (1979) Directed by Michel Vocoret
Comedy
aka: We'll Grow Thin Together
Film Synopsis
Victor Lasnier, a screenwriter, is fed up of being made a laughing
stock just because he is overweight. Determined to lose weight to
make himself more attractive to the opposite sex, he is easy prey for
charlatans who know a sucker when they see one. Then he meets the
seductive Patricia, who claims to know of a sure-fire way to become
thin and beautiful...
Cast:Peter Ustinov (Victor Lasnier),
Bernadette Lafont (Corinne),
Catherine Alric (Patricia),
Sylvie Joly (Geneviève Minkiewicz, docteur en bio-énergie),
Jacques Jouanneau (Manuel Orlandi),
Alfred Adam (Le producteur Blangenstein),
Michel Modo (Le clerc de notaire),
Jacqueline Doyen (directrice Weight Watchers),
Maurice Illouz (Jean-Louis, l'entraîneur club de gym),
Virginie Pradal (La chauffeuse de taxi),
André Valardy (Serveur brasserie),
Nella Barbier (Femme salon de coiffure),
Paul-Emile Deiber (Le diététicien),
Françoise Deldick (Gilberte, des Weight Watchers),
Daniel Derval (L'homo club de gym),
Bernard Dumaine (L'employé de la fourrière),
Yves Elliot (Marcel, des Weight Watchers),
Sylvie Folgoas (Jacqueline, des Weight Watchers),
Alain Ganas (Le coiffeur),
Jacqueline Guy (La cliente salon de coiffure malmenée)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
Runtime: 100 min
Aka:We'll Grow Thin Together
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