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A feast for the senseless. - The Dinner Game
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Title: The Dinner Game

Release Date: 15 Apr 1998

Runtime: 1h 20m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Gaumont, EFVE, TPS Cinéma, TF1 Films Production

Production Companies: Gaumont, EFVE, TPS Cinéma, TF1 Films Production

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.78 (1913 votes)

Cast

  • François Pignon: Jacques Villeret
  • Pierre Brochant: Thierry Lhermitte
  • Juste Leblanc: Francis Huster
  • Lucien Cheval: Daniel Prévost
  • Christine Brochant: Alexandra Vandernoot
  • Marlène Sasseur: Catherine Frot
  • Jean Cordier: Edgar Givry
  • Doctor Sorbier: Christian Pereira
  • Bichaud, first animator: Benoît Bellal
  • Third animator: Jacques Bleu
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