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La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée (1976)

100 min · Comedy

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Directors

Jacques Besnard

Cast

Michel Serrault, Maria Pacôme, Cécile Vassort, Jean Lefebvre, Daniel Prévost, Henri Guisol, Gabriel Cattand, Henry Czarniak, Colette Teissèdre, Catherine Serre

A struggling property developer’s ministerial invitation brings unexpected complications to a château where an escaped gangster has taken refuge.

The story

Sophie, Viscountess of Valrude, believes herself widowed after her husband disappeared in the Amazon. Bertrand, the property developer who now shares her life, invites the Minister of Cultural Quality to the château, hoping to improve his struggling business. The minister arrives with his secretary and mistress. Meanwhile, an escaped gangster takes refuge in the grounds, and Inspector Landrin tries to catch him.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Sophie, Viscountess of Valrude, believes she has been widowed ever since her husband disappeared in the Amazon. Bertrand, a property developer who now shares her life, invites the Minister of Cultural Quality to her home, hoping to use him to turn around his very poorly performing business. That is how the minister arrives at the château with his secretary and mistress. At the same time, a gangster who has escaped the police takes refuge in the grounds. And Philippe, Sophie’s husband, reappears. Anxious not to frighten his wife, he hides in the closets. Meanwhile, Inspector Landrin tries to get his hands on the fugitive crook.

Genres

Comedy

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