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The Associate

The Associate

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 22, 1979

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

64%

Original Title

L'Associé

Production Companies

Maran Film, France 3, Maygar Productions

Director

René Gainville

Description

An unemployed investor creates a fictious business partner to attempt to improve business. Eventually, his creation gets out of control as his business becomes successful and his wife announces that she is in love with the partner and his son wishes the partner was his father -- although no one has ever seen him. To regain control, the man decides to "kill" his imaginary partner and is arrested for the murder.