If I Were a Rich Man

If I Were a Rich Man

2002 · 105 min · FR · 5.8 (89 votes)
Dir. Gérard Bitton, Michel Munz · Starring Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Richard Berry, François Morel, Héléna Noguerra, Tony Gaultier
Comedy

Between Alice, a hospital nurse and Aldo, a shampoo sales representative, things have turned sour of late. Alice blames her husband for lacking ambition and contemplates divorce.One day Aldo wins the ten million euro lotto prize. But, unwilling to share the bonanza, he keeps mum about it, all the more as he finds out Alice has an affair with Gérard, Aldo's former friend and ... new boss. However, Aldo, leading a double life, starts spending his money ...

VIBE

A darkly funny, yet bleakly realistic look at how sudden wealth can expose the rot beneath a marriage. It's a study in human nature, where greed and desperation take center stage, leaving a bitter aftertaste.

cynicaldarkly comedicabsurdistwrysteadyEuropean arthousecharacter studysocial satiregreedinfidelityclassdespair
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