The Thirst for Gold

5.4

81m

1993

TP

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...

Starring

Christian Clavier, Marine Delterme, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Khorsand, Catherine Jacob, Bernard Haller, Pascal Greggory, Patrick Le Luherne, Michel Such, Jean-Pierre Clami

Directed By

Gérard Oury