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We'll Grow Thin Together
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.
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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.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Michel Vocoret
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Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Alpes Cinéma, Le Goff Productions
Cast
Michel Vocoret
Director
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
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