
The ComDads(1983)
Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.


Here we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the pavement. The group has its own hierarchy, of course, and soon the conditions that drove them underground begin to manifest themselves without the influences of the Outside World.

Michel Serrault
Jean-Paul Rondin

Philippe Noiret
Gaspard de Montfermeil

Michel Galabru
Commissaire Lalatte

Chantal Goya
Marie-Hélène Rondin

Prudence Harrington
Miss Pamela Pendleton-Pumkin

Charles Denner
Ministre des travaux public

Jean Carmet
Paul Bourru

Gérard Depardieu
le facteur

Roger Carel
Alberto Sopranelli

Annie Cordy
Ginette Lalatte
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang is a comedy film released in 1974 exploring themes of daughter, paris, france, disappearance. Directed by Pierre Tchernia, it stars Michel Serrault, Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru. Here we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the pavement. The group has its own hierarchy, of course, and soon the conditions that drove them underground begin to manifest themselves without the influences of the Outside World.
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