The Thirst for Gold

Year: 1993

Runtime: 81 mins

Language: French

Director: Gérard Oury

Comedy

Urbain Donnadieu loves money, marrying tax inspector Fleurette only to dodge a fine. He steals from his construction firm, buying gold bars to hide in a Swiss bank his wife’s and State’s reach, and conceals the gold inside a model house on a trailer bound for Switzerland, but his ex‑chauffeur and wife plot to claim the fortune, endangering his plan.

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