The Dinner Game
A feast for the senseless.
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4/15/1998Runtime
80 minsGenres
Overview
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
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ReleasedOriginal Language
FrenchBudget
$12,500,000Revenue
$78,599,508Homepage
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A spiraling farce where one man's contempt for an apparent bumbler backfires spectacularly, turning a smug dinner party into controlled chaos. It's a masterclass in escalating physical and social comedy where good intentions collide with escalating calamity.
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Jacques Villeret
François Pignon
Thierry Lhermitte
Pierre Brochant
Francis Huster
Juste Leblanc
Daniel Prévost
Lucien Cheval
Alexandra Vandernoot
Christine Brochant
Catherine Frot
Marlène Sasseur
Edgar Givry
Jean Cordier
Christian Pereira
Doctor Sorbier
Benoît Bellal
Bichaud, first animator
Jacques Bleu
Third animator
Philippe Brigaud
Boomerang enthusiast guest
Michel Caccia
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