The Associate
L'Associé
Release: 1979-08-22
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.4
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
Belgium
France
Production Companies
Maran Film
France 3
Maygar Productions
Cast
Claudine Auger
as Agnès Pardot, épouse de Julien
Marco Perrin
as Colonel Vauban, administrateur de sociétés
Mathieu Carrière
as Louis, ami de Julien
Dominique Zardi
as Le portier du ministère
Jacques Dynam
as M. Mathivet, promoteur d'affaires
Jean-Pierre Coffe
as L'employé du magasin de squelettes
Christian Morin
as L'animateur radio de Europe 1
Sophie Grimaldi
as L'antiquaire sans-gêne
Madeleine Bouchez
as La dame âge outrée du legs pour Julien
Raymond Pierson
as Un épargnant en colère
Catherine Alric
as Mme Alice Duphorin, épouse de Marc, amante de Julien
Judith Magre
as Mme Breol, la secrétaire de Julien
Astrid Frank
as Mme Marie-Claude Hellzer, amante de Louis
Jean-Claude Carrière
as Un homme présent à la lecture du testament, Un homme à la lecture du testament (uncredited)
Lionel Vitrant
as Un C.R.S.qui intervient pour M. Hellzer (uncredited)
Jean Martin
as M. Bastias
Henri Virlogeux
as M. Urioste, agent de change
Pierre Belot
as Un courtier à la Bourse de Paris
Jean Degrave
as André, le ministre de l'économie (uncredited)
Patrick Gobert
as Un autre C.R.S.qui intervient pour M. Hellzer (uncredited)
Michel Serrault
as Julien Pardot
Jacques Galland
as Un client qui attend et en vient aux mains
Nathalie Courval
as La femme au bébé qui fait du chantage
Olga Valéry
as Une cliente, la femme aux bijoux (uncredited)
Bernard Haller
as M. Hellzer, propriétaire d'une banque
Fabrice Josso
as Thierry Pardot
Vadim Glowna
as Me Marc Duphorin, avocat d'affaires véreux
Daniel Prévost
as M. Zephyr, « Top Concepteur » de l'agence de publicité
Jacques Legras
as M. Pernais, inspecteur de police
Patrice Laffont
as Un présentateur de télévision
Florence Brunold
as L'autre antiquaire, prétentieuse et bête
Carmelo Petix
as Un courtier à la Bourse de Paris
Fanny Magier
as Une cliente attendant M. Davis
Ernest Menzer
as Un client attendant M. Davis
