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The Thirst for Gold (1993)

The Thirst for Gold (1993)

Comedy
Release Date: 1993, August 31
Directors: Gérard Oury
Countries: France
Production: Gaumont, Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, TF1 Films Production
Cast: Christophe Guybet, Pascal Greggory, Christian Clavier, Marine Delterme, Jacky Nercessian, Jean-Pierre Clami, Catherine Jacob, Albert Dray, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Khorsand, Bernard Haller, Patrick Massieu

Overview:

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...