The Associate
1979 · 94 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 161 VOTES · DIR. René Gainville
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,280 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:01 What can you say about yogurt?
00:04:48 Listen, Julian...
00:10:44 I read it . It's fine, but frankly...
00:14:48 You're an asshole, Duphorin! Do you hear?
00:17:50 How sad to spend summer in Paris.
00:20:45 They say money doesn't smell, but some smells...
00:23:14 Delightful outburst, wasn't it?
00:26:58 Austalco? What's that?
00:30:10 Obviously.
00:33:32 How?
00:37:01 What's happening to us, Julian?
00:40:06 Continuously.
00:43:20 Flowers, an elephant...
00:47:59 We must set up a meeting.
00:52:17 ...Director, Mr. Armand.
00:56:14 It's not ours.
00:59:46 Well, I am very bothered...
01:02:50 Why?
01:05:45 I admitted I had a lover.
01:09:04 I'll tell you a story.
01:13:24 Spine?
01:19:01 Look, there!
01:22:35 You expect me to believe all this?
01:25:48 "Unconscious for 4 days."
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,280
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:02:01
Final line01:25:48
Production Record
DirectorRené Gainville
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes161