Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me

Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me

1955 · 105 min · ★ 5.9 · Comedy

Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...

Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois · Written by Marcel Aymé

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Robert Lamoureux Robert Langlois, avocat
Gaby Morlay Gabrielle Langlois, la mère
Fernand Ledoux Fernand Langlois, le père, professeur
Nicole Courcel Catherine Langlois, l'épouse de Robert
Louis de Funès M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
Élina Labourdette Marguerite, la fleuriste
Renée Passeur La visiteuse snob
Madeleine Barbulée Une collègue de Fernand
Claire Gérard
Gabrielle Fontan La directrice de Saint-Beuve, collège pour filles
Michel Etcheverry L'explorateur
Marcel Pérès L'entrepreneur

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