“Wild is the right word.”
Michel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2 million loot in the process, their life takes an unpredictable turn, especially when they decide to cover up the incident and keep the money! But their plan leads them to stumble upon an unexplained trail of dead bodies. More used to being honest than crooked, Michel and Cathy’s clumsy cover-up efforts soon put an interfering inspector hot on their trail.
Franck Dubosc
Michel
Laure Calamy
Cathy
Benoît Poelvoorde
Major Roland Bodin
Joséphine de Meaux
Florence
Kim Higelin
Blanche Bodin
Mehdi Meskar
Samy
Emmanuelle Devos
Sabine
Anne Le Ny
La commissaire de police
Louka Meliava
L'Iroquois
Timéo Mahaut
Dominique, dit Doudou
How to Make a Killing is a comedy, thriller, crime film released in 2025 exploring themes of dark comedy, drug dealing, car accident, christmas eve, casual, long-married couple. Directed by Franck Dubosc, it stars Franck Dubosc, Laure Calamy, Benoît Poelvoorde. Michel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2 million loot in the process, their life takes an unpredictable turn, especially when they decide to cover up the incident and keep the money! But their plan leads them to stumble upon an unexplained trail of dead bodies. More used to being honest than crooked, Michel and Cathy’s clumsy cover-up efforts soon put an interfering inspector hot on their trail.
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