The Associate (1979)
L'Associé
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.
- Date of release
- 1979-08-22
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- René Gainville
Casting
- Michel Serrault — Julien Pardot
- Claudine Auger — Agnès Pardot, épouse de Julien
- Catherine Alric — Mme Alice Duphorin, épouse de Marc, amante de Julien
- Judith Magre — Mme Breol, la secrétaire de Julien
- Bernard Haller — M. Hellzer, propriétaire d'une banque
- Marco Perrin — Colonel Vauban, administrateur de sociétés
- Jean Martin — M. Bastias
- Fabrice Josso — Thierry Pardot
- Henri Virlogeux — M. Urioste, agent de change
- Mathieu Carrière — Louis, ami de Julien
- Vadim Glowna — Me Marc Duphorin, avocat d'affaires véreux
- Astrid Frank — Mme Marie-Claude Hellzer, amante de Louis
Interesting facts
The Associate is a 1979 comedy film directed by René Gainville and starring Michel Serrault, Claudine Auger and Catherine Alric. A co-production between France, Hungary and West Germany it is an adaptation of the 1928 novel The Partner by Jenaro Prieto. The film served as the inspiration for a 1996 American remake The Associate.
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