La Barbe à papa

A Depression-era grifter discovers his new silent partner is either genius or an orphan—history may never tell. They travel the backroads selling Bibles to the gullible while debating paternity like an ancient parlor game. One wonders if the con was on the marks or the audience.

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Peter Bogdanovich directed La Barbe à papa in 1973. See Peter Bogdanovich's full filmography, where to start with Peter Bogdanovich, or where to go after you've seen everything by Peter Bogdanovich.

La Barbe à papa was released in 1973 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.