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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

19745.41h 30m

Overview

A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and invent himself an awful life. Then he meets the beautiful woman whose goal in life is to sleep with the less exciting guys on Earth.

Directed by Michel Audiard
Written by Jean-Marie Poiré, Michel Audiard, Fred Kassak
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Top Cast

Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Antoine Robineau

Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

Cécile Malempin

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin

Jane

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Gérard Malempin

Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

Foisnard

Evelyne Buyle

Evelyne Buyle

Marie-Josée Mulot

Féodor Atkine

Féodor Atkine

Le mime du cabaret

Laurence Badie

Laurence Badie

Une employée de l'hôtel

Paul Bisciglia

Paul Bisciglia

Le chasseur PLM

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

Léonce, le patron du bistrot

Themes & Keywords

salesmantraveling salesman

About How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby is a comedy film released in 1974 exploring themes of salesman, traveling salesman. Directed by Michel Audiard, it stars Jean Carmet, Stéphane Audran, Jane Birkin. A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and invent himself an awful life. Then he meets the beautiful woman whose goal in life is to sleep with the less exciting guys on Earth.

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