What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?

What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?

★ 8.0IMDb Score
Released:1980-08-06
Genre:Comedy
Duration:90 min
Country:France
Director:Jan Saint-Hamont
Actors:Robert Castel, Antoinette Moya, Michel Boujenah, Lorraine Bracco, Jacques Legras
Production:Sofracima, Les Productions Artistes Associés

Overview:

Gaby is happy. After eighteen years of work, he is a flourishing mechanist. But one day, the mechanic of his life is out of order. He discovers that his assistant is in love with his wife. This one runs away with her daughter in law. So, Gaby's friends imagine a gambit to find them, at the moment where father and son enjoy pleasures of single life.

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