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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?

1980 · 90 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Jan Saint-Hamont · Written by Alain Le Henry

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