The Thirst for Gold (1993)

Plot Summary

Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only reason he married - a tax inspector named Fleurette - was to avoid a fine for tax evasion. For several years, he has been stealing money from his construction company and buying gold bars with his ill-gotten gains. His plan is to deposit all this wealth in a Swiss Bank, where neither his wife - whom he is about to divorce - nor the French State can get at it. Accompanied by his money-grabbing Granny Zézette, Urbain heads off for Switzerland, with his gold concealed in the walls of a model house on the back of a trailer. Unfortunately, his scheme is threatened by his wife and his embittered ex-chauffeur, who are determined to get his money at any cost...

Full Cast & Characters

Christian Clavier

Urbain Donnadieu

Marine Delterme

Laurence Auger

Tsilla Chelton

Mémé Zezette

Philippe Khorsand

Jacques, ami, chauffeur et amant secret de Fleurette

Catherine Jacob

Fleurette, épouse d'Urbain

Bernard Haller

Muller, le comte suisse

Pascal Greggory

Jean-Louis Auger

Patrick Le Luherne

L'abbé Furteaux

Michel Such

Le gendarme

Jean-Pierre Clami

Le préposer au coffre de la banque en France

Jacky Nercessian

Le représentant

Albert Dray

Flotard, le prêtre des scouts

Director & Crew

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