Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (English title: 'How to Do Well When You are a Jerk and a Crybaby') is a French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard

Michel Audiard

Pierre Michel Audiard was a French dialogue writer, screenwriter and film director. He is the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.- 1940 - 1950 :*1949 :** Mission à Tanger of André Hunebelle...

, released in 1974

1974 in film

The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J...

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It is notable as the first film with actor Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Jean-Claude Dreyfus is a French actor. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of a butcher in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet...

. Director Audiard appears in the film as a nurse.

Synopsis

Antoine (Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet, born July 25, 1920 in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France; died April 20, 1994 in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, was a French actor.-Biography:...

) is a crybaby. This is an asset in his trade (sales representative for drinks) and for seducing women. Thus he becomes, through a rich nymphomaniac, director of a luxury hotel.

Technical data

• Director : Michel Audiard
  Michel Audiard
  Pierre Michel Audiard was a French dialogue writer, screenwriter and film director. He is the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.- 1940 - 1950 :*1949 :** Mission à Tanger of André Hunebelle...
  
  
• Screenplay : Michel Audiard
  Michel Audiard
  Pierre Michel Audiard was a French dialogue writer, screenwriter and film director. He is the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.- 1940 - 1950 :*1949 :** Mission à Tanger of André Hunebelle...
  
   et Jean-Marie Poiré
  Jean-Marie Poiré
  Jean-Marie Poiré is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is the son of the producer Alain Poiré.-Filmography as director:* Ma femme... s'appelle Maurice Jean-Marie Poiré (born July 10, 1945) is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is the son of the producer...
  
  
• Duration : 90 minutes
• Release date : 19 June 1974
• Language: French

Cast

• Jean Carmet
  Jean Carmet
  Jean Carmet, born July 25, 1920 in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France; died April 20, 1994 in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, was a French actor.-Biography:...
  
   : Antoine Robineau
• Jean-Pierre Marielle
  Jean-Pierre Marielle
  Jean-Pierre Marielle is a French actor. He has played in more than a hundred movies in which he brought life to a very large diversity of roles, from the banal citizen , to the serial killer , to the World War II hero , to the compromised spy , to the has-been actor Jean-Pierre Marielle (born...
  
   : Gérard Malempin
• Stéphane Audran
  Stéphane Audran
  Stéphane Audran is a French film and television actress, known for her performances in Oscar winning movies such as Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie and Babette's Feast and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One and Violette Nozière .She married...
  
   : Cécile Malempin
• Jane Birkin
  Jane Birkin
  Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
  
   : Jane
• Evelyne Buyle : Marie-Josée Mulot
• Jean Rochefort
  Jean Rochefort
  Jean Rochefort is a French actor, with a career that has spanned over five decades.Rochefort was born in Paris, France. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen He was 19 years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National...
  
   : Foisnard
• Daniel Prévost
  Daniel Prévost
  Daniel Prévost is a French actor and humorist.Daniel Prevost is notably known for his part in the French television series Le Petit Rapporteur.-Early life and Family:...
  
   : Carducci
• Jeanne Herviale
  Jeanne Herviale
  Jeanne Herviale was a French actress. She appeared in 85 films and television shows between 1946 and 1989.-Selected filmography:* Mr...
  
   : mère Robineau
• Minka : "La revêche", infirmière
• Robert Dalban : Léonce
• Jacqueline Doyen
  Jacqueline Doyen
  Jacqueline Doyen was a French actress. She appeared in 80 films and television shows between 1956 and 1995.-Selected filmography:* La Vendetta * L'homme orchestre...
  
   : Mme Léonce
• Jean-Claude Dreyfus
  Jean-Claude Dreyfus
  Jean-Claude Dreyfus is a French actor. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of a butcher in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
  
   : transformiste du cabaret
• Ginette Garcin
  Ginette Garcin
  Ginette Garcin was a French actress of stage, film and television.-Biography:Ginette Garcin made her musical debut with Jacques Hélian and his orchestra in 1946. She then worked with Loulou Gasté and went on to appear in Strélesky's absurdist theatre revues in Rouen...
  
   : infirmière-chef
• Laurence Badie : préposée de l'hôtel PLM
• Jacques Canselier : surveillant TV PLM
• Paul Bisciglia
  Paul Bisciglia
  -Career:Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one-hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film Trois télégrammes. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama Clara de Montargis...
  
   : chasseur PLM
• Bernard Dumaine : réceptionniste PLM
• Gilbert Servien : employé PLM
• Anne Fleurange : employée PLM
• Féodor Atkine
  Féodor Atkine
  Féodor Atkine is a French actor.Born in Paris of Russian-Polish descent, he has had a career in European cinema and television since the early 1970s, and made occasional appearances in English-language films, notably as the Russian gangster "Mikhi" in Ronin, as Woody Allen's brother in Love and...
  
   : mime du cabaret
• Carlo Nell : client café Léonce
• Manu Pluton : noir spectacle cabaret
• Rudy Lenoir : client allemand PLM
• Quyn N'Go Du : chauffeur Malempin
• Sébastien Floche : Marcel
• Jacqueline Fontaine : sa femme
• Ermano Casanova
• Hélène Laporte
• John Arkan
• Bernard Massol
• Gérard Streiff : cascadeur.
• Michel Audiard
  Michel Audiard
  Pierre Michel Audiard was a French dialogue writer, screenwriter and film director. He is the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.- 1940 - 1950 :*1949 :** Mission à Tanger of André Hunebelle...
  
  : un infirmier

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