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The Dinner Game

MOVIE • 1998

The Dinner Game

A feast for the senseless.

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...

TMDB ★ 3.9/5Votes: 2,128
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Comedy

Top Cast

Jacques Villeret

Jacques Villeret

François Pignon

Thierry Lhermitte

Thierry Lhermitte

Pierre Brochant

Francis Huster

Francis Huster

Juste Leblanc

Daniel Prévost

Daniel Prévost

Lucien Cheval

Alexandra Vandernoot

Alexandra Vandernoot

Christine Brochant

Catherine Frot

Catherine Frot

Marlène Sasseur

Edgar Givry

Edgar Givry

Jean Cordier

Christian Pereira

Christian Pereira

Doctor Sorbier

Benoît Bellal

Benoît Bellal

Bichaud, first animator

Jacques Bleu

Jacques Bleu

Third animator

Philippe Brigaud

Philippe Brigaud

Boomerang enthusiast guest

Michel Caccia

Michel Caccia

Guest

Laurent Gendron

Laurent Gendron

Guest

Pétronille Moss

Pétronille Moss

Louisette Blond

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Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

April 15, 1998

Runtime

80 min

Language

French

Origin

France

Budget

$12,500,000

Revenue

$78,599,508