Les Comperes

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Les Comperes ★★★ 1983

A woman suckers two former lovers into finding her wayward son by secretly telling each ex he is the natural father of the punk. Depardieu is a streetwise journalist who teams up with a suicidal hypochondriac/wimp (Richard) to find the little brat. Humorous story full of bumbling misadventures. In French with English subtitles. 92m/C VHS, DVD . FR Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu, Anny (Annie Legras) Duperey, Michel Aumont; D: Francis Veber; W: Francis Veber; M: Vladimir Cosma.