The Associate
The Associate
The Associate (1979) is a Comedy film from Belgium in the GoMovies catalog, running 1h 34m. Directed by René Gainville, it features Michel Serrault and Claudine Auger. Viewers rate it 6.5/10 from 11 votes. 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.
- Genre: Comedy
- Country: Belgium, France, Germany
- Director: René Gainville
- Cast: Michel Serrault, Claudine Auger, Catherine Alric, Judith Magre, Bernard Haller, Marco Perrin, Jean Martin, Fabrice Josso, Henri Virlogeux, Mathieu Carrière, Vadim Glowna, Astrid Frank


















