Movie: How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

Top 10 Billed Cast

Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet

Antoine Robineau

Stéphane Audran
Stéphane Audran

Cécile Malempin

Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin

Jane

Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Pierre Marielle

Gérard Malempin

Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefort

Foisnard

Evelyne Buyle
Evelyne Buyle

Marie-Josée Mulot

Féodor Atkine
Féodor Atkine

Le mime du cabaret

Laurence Badie
Laurence Badie

Une employée de l'hôtel

Paul Bisciglia
Paul Bisciglia

Le chasseur PLM

Robert Dalban
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

    5.438

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
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    Français
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