We'll Grow Thin Together (1979)

5.7/10 100 min Comedy

Overview

Victor is a screenwriter whose last work about the Marechal Pétain is refused by his producer. To add insult to injury, he tells Victor he is paunchy. The unfortunate man becomes obsessed by his weight. He goes out of his way to lose pounds, abetted by his wife, Corinne, who puts him on a reducing diet. He must also go to a health center where he takes exercise. Nothing really works. And one day, in a brewery, he cannot withstand his diet anymore and he has a gastronomic meal. Desperate, he tries his luck at a weight watchers reunion.

Cast

Peter Ustinov

Victor Lasnier

Bernadette Lafont

Corinne

Catherine Alric

Patricia

Sylvie Joly

Docteur Menkevitch

Jacques Jouanneau

Orlandi

Michel Modo

Le clerc de notaire

Alfred Adam

Le producteur Blangenstein

Virginie Pradal

La chauffeuse de taxi

Maurice Illouz

Jean-Louis, l'entraîneur club de gym

Dominique Davray

Françoise Deldick

Gilberte, des Weight Watchers

Paul-Émile Deiber

Le diététicien

Daniel Derval

L'homo du club de gym

Yves Elliot

Marcel, des Weight Watchers

Michel Vocoret

Charles, le vieil ami

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