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The Associate (1979)

An unemployed investor creates a fictious business partner to attempt to improve business. Eventually, his creation gets out of control as his business becomes successful and his wife announces that she is in love with the partner and his son wishes the partner was his father -- although no one has ever seen him. To regain control, the man decides to "kill" his imaginary partner and is arrested for the murder.

  • Comedy

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Michel SerraultMichel SerraultJulien Pardot
  • Photo of Claudine AugerClaudine AugerAgnès Pardot, épouse de Julien
  • Photo of Catherine AlricCatherine AlricMme Alice Duphorin, épouse de Marc, amante de Julien
  • Photo of Judith MagreJudith MagreMme Breol, la secrétaire de Julien
  • Photo of Bernard HallerBernard HallerM. Hellzer, propriétaire d'une banque
  • Photo of Marco PerrinMarco PerrinColonel Vauban, administrateur de sociétés
  • Photo of Jean MartinJean MartinM. Bastias
  • Photo of Fabrice JossoFabrice JossoThierry Pardot
  • Photo of Henri VirlogeuxHenri VirlogeuxM. Urioste, agent de change
  • Photo of Mathieu CarrièreMathieu CarrièreLouis, ami de Julien

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