It Could Be Worse

Feb 9, 1983

1h 35m

★ 2.7

Overview

A macho junk shopkeeper, a lunar lawyer and a storekeeper meet by pure chance and develop the century's hold-up.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Le Goff Productions

It Could Be Worse Trailers

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Cast

Jean-Philippe Delorme

Henri Courseaux

Charles Murat

Daniel Russo

Jack Renard, the Mayor

Darry Cowl

The lawyer

Geneviève Grad

Inspector Lanvin

Catherine Lachens

Daniel Cordet

Pierre Reggiani

The biker

Mike Marshall

The doctor

Hubert Deschamps

Monsieur Lambert

Daniel Prévost

Pivot

Jacques Balutin

Marthe Mahler

Corinne Touzet

Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning days of his life, with the help of a traveling projectionist. The father passes away, telling of the loot from a botched bank robbery that he buried years earlier. The two get jobs in town as their relationship grows and they search for the treasure on the weekends. But while the treasure seems to bring them together, it also seems to be tearing them apart.

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