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Laughter and Punishment
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Title: Laughter and Punishment

Release Date: 28 Jan 2003

Runtime: 1h 34m

Genre: Drama, Comedy

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Overview: French director Isabelle Doval directs her husband, popular comedic actor José Garcia, in the comedy Rire et Chatiment (Laughter and Punishment). Vincent (Garcia) is a popular physician whose aggressive need to be funny and get people's attention annoys his girlfriend, Camille (Doval), to the point that she leaves him. He begins to suspect she might have been onto something when his behavior begins causing people to die.

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Average Vote: 5.488 (85 votes)

Cast

  • Vincent Roméro: José Garcia
  • Jacques: Laurent Lucas
  • Pierre: Philippe Uchan
  • Camille Sétine: Isabelle Doval
  • Le prof de secourisme: Benoît Poelvoorde
  • la libraire russe: Delphine Bibet
  • Jeune femme: Bénédicte Charpiat
  • Catherine: Véronique Picciotto
  • Agnès: Judith El Zein
  • Audrey: Valérie Benguigui
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