The Dinner Game

The Dinner Game

80 mins | Comedy | April 15, 1998

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...

The Dinner Game

80 mins | Comedy | April 15, 1998

The Dinner Game
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...
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, TPS Cinéma, EFVE
Original title Le Dîner de cons
Directors Francis Veber
Writers Francis Veber

Cast

Thierry Lhermitte

as Pierre Brochant

Jacques Villeret

as François Pignon

Francis Huster

as Juste Leblanc

Daniel Prévost

as Lucien Cheval

Alexandra Vandernoot

as Christine Brochant

Catherine Frot

as Marlène Sasseur

Edgar Givry

as Jean Cordier

Christian Pereira

as Docteur Sorbier

Benoît Bellal

as Bichaud, le premier animateur

Jacques Bleu

as Le troisième animateur

Philippe Brigaud

as L'invité passionné de boomerang

Michel Caccia

as Un invité

Laurent Gendron

as Un invité

Pétronille Moss

as Louisette Blond

Pierre-Arnaud Juin

as Boissonade

Daniel Martin

as Messignac

Elvire Melliere

as Gisèle

Rémy Roubakha

as Carlier

Candide Sanchez

as Un invité

Mykhaël Georges-Schar

as Le second animateur