Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard[a] is a French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard, released in 1974.

[3] In Paris, Antoine lives modestly with his sour old mother and sells cases of fake vermouth to owners of little bars, his ploy being to win their sympathy, particularly the wives.

Telling tales of his sad life, he recites fake Baudelaire poetry and ends with the burial of his beloved mother.

He wins the sympathy of Marie-Josée, a hotel employee who is the mistress of Gérard, the manager.

As everybody comes to realise how he has manipulated them, the game ends and he is back with his mother, planning a campaign to unload more vermouth.