All That... for This?!

Jun 9, 1993

1h 56m

★ 6.1

Overview

The plot is about a trial against three men who tried to earn loads of money by illegal methods to get to Canada and about the lawyers and the judge who get on with the trial and who are being unfaithful to their couples.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Romance

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Cast

Fabrice Lenormand

Fabrice Luchini

Lino

Vincent Lindon

Jacques Grandin

Jacques Gamblin

Francis Barrucq

Francis Huster

Marie Lenormand

Marie-Sophie L.

Henri Poncet

Gérard Darmon

Marilyne Grandin

Évelyne Bouix

Allessandra Barrucq

Alessandra Martines

Policeman

Charles Gérard

Esmeralda

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Fille du bal

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Fille du bal

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