The Thirst for Gold (1993)

Comedy

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...

Cast

Urbain Donnadieu
Laurence Auger
Le représentant
Flotard, le prêtre des scouts
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
Le commissaire priseur et mari de Laurence
L'automobiliste aimant les p'tits garçons
Chauffeur et éleveur de moutons
Mémé Zezette
Jacques, ami, chauffeur et amant secret de Fleurette
Fleurette, épouse d'Urbain
Muller, le comte suisse
Jean-Louis Auger
L'abbé Furteaux
Le gendarme
Le préposer au coffre de la banque en France

Crew