How to Do Well When You're a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974 French film
- 19 June 1974 (1974-06-19) (France)
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Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard[a] is a French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard, released in 1974.[2] It is notable as the first film with the actor Jean-Claude Dreyfus. Audiard appears in the film as a nurse.[3]
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
- Duration : 90 minutes
- Release date : 19 June 1974
- Language: French
Cast
- Jean Carmet : Antoine Robineau
- Jean-Pierre Marielle : Gérard Malempin
- Stéphane Audran : Cécile Malempin
- Jane Birkin : Jane
- Evelyne Buyle : Marie-Josée Mulot
- Jean Rochefort : Foisnard
- Daniel Prévost : Carducci
- Jeanne Herviale : Robineau's mother
- Robert Dalban : Léonce
- Jacqueline Doyen : Madame Léonce
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus : The transformist
- Ginette Garcin : The head nurse
- Minka : 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
- ^ Stylized on-screen as Comment réussir... quand on est con et pleurnichard.
References
- ^ "Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ a b Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard at Allocine. (in French)
- ^ a b Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard at IMDb
External links
- Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard at IMDb
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Films by Michel Audiard
- Leontine (1968)
- A Golden Widow (1969)
- Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
- How to Do Well When You're a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974)
- Mission in Tangier (1949)
- Beware of Blondes (1950)
- Darling Caroline (1951)
- Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
- My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
- The Man in My Life (1952)
- Massacre in Lace (1952)
- She and Me (1952)
- The Long Teeth (1953)
- The Most Wanted Man (1953)
- The Three Musketeers (1953)
- April Fools' Day (1954)
- The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
- Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
- Quay of Blondes (1954)
- Gas-Oil (1955)
- Blood to the Head (1956)
- Mannequins of Paris (1956)
- Short Head (1956)
- Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
- Retour de manivelle (1957)
- Speaking of Murder (1957)
- Three Days to Live (1957)
- Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
- Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
- Les Misérables (1958)
- The Possessors (1958)
- Archimède le clochard (1959)
- Babette Goes to War (1959)
- Eyes of Love (1959)
- Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
- Rue des prairies (1959)
- Too Late to Love (1959)
- The Baron of the Locks (1960)
- Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
- The Old Guard (1960)
- The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
- Famous Love Affairs (1961)
- The Lions Are Loose (1961)
- The President (1961)
- Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
- The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
- Emile's Boat (1962)
- The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
- A Monkey in Winter (1962)
- Any Number Can Win (1963)
- Carom Shots (1963)
- Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
- The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
- La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
- The Great Spy Chase (1964)
- Greed in the Sun (1964)
- Salad by the Roots (1964)
- Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
- Les Bons Vivants (1965)
- Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
- La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
- Tender Scoundrel (1966)
- All Mad About Him (1967)
- An Idiot in Paris (1967)
- Johnny Banco (1967)
- A Little Virtuous (1968)
- Pasha (1968)
- Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
- Incorrigible (1975)
- Body of My Enemy (1976)
- The Big Operator (1976)
- Animal (1977)
- Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
- Cop or Hood (1979)
- Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
- Le Guignolo (1980)
- Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
- Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
- Garde à Vue (1981)
- The Professional (1981)
- Espion, lève-toi (1982)
- Deadly Circuit (1983)
- Le Marginal (1983)
- Dog Day (1984)
- Les Morfalous (1984)
- La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
- He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
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