The Thirst for Gold (1993)
La Soif de l'or
Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only reason he married - a tax inspector named Fleurette - was to avoid a fine for tax evasion. For several years, he has been stealing money from his construction company and buying gold bars with his ill-gotten gains. His plan is to deposit all this wealth in a Swiss Bank, where neither his wife - whom he is about to divorce - nor the French State can get at it. Accompanied by his money-grabbing Granny Zézette, Urbain heads off for Switzerland, with his gold concealed in the walls of a model house on the back of a trailer. Unfortunately, his scheme is threatened by his wife and his embittered ex-chauffeur, who are determined to get his money at any cost...
- Date of release
- 1993-08-31
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (121)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Gérard Oury
Casting
- Christian Clavier — Urbain Donnadieu
- Marine Delterme — Laurence Auger
- Tsilla Chelton — Mémé Zezette
- Philippe Khorsand — Jacques, ami, chauffeur et amant secret de Fleurette
- Catherine Jacob — Fleurette, épouse d'Urbain
- Bernard Haller — Muller, le comte suisse
- Pascal Greggory — Jean-Louis Auger
- Patrick Le Luherne — L'abbé Furteaux
- Michel Such — Le gendarme
- Jean-Pierre Clami — Le préposer au coffre de la banque en France
- Jacky Nercessian — Le représentant
- Albert Dray — Flotard, le prêtre des scouts
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Switzerland
La Soif de l'or is a 1993 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury.
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