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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-06-19
54%
33 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and invent himself an awful life. Then he meets the beautiful woman whose goal in life is to sleep with the less exciting guys on Earth.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies:
Les Films du Jeudi
Gaumont International
Movie: How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jean Carmet
Antoine Robineau
Stéphane Audran
Cécile Malempin
Jane Birkin
Jane
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Gérard Malempin
Jean Rochefort
Foisnard
Evelyne Buyle
Marie-Josée Mulot
Féodor Atkine
Le mime du cabaret
Laurence Badie
Une employée de l'hôtel
Paul Bisciglia
Le chasseur PLM
Robert Dalban
Léonce, le patron du bistrot
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A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and invent himself an awful life. Then he meets the beautiful woman whose goal in life is to sleep with the less exciting guys on Earth.
Release Date
1974-06-19
Average
5.4
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