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The Dinner Game (1998) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 15, 1998

Original Title:
Le Dîner de cons

Alternate Titles:
Idiotmiddagen
La Cena de los Idiotas
Le Dîner de cons
Le diner de con
Obiad dla palantów
The Idiot's Dinner
Ужин с дураком

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
EFVE
Gaumont
TF1 Films Production
TPS Cinéma

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: e 12  CA: 14A  CH: 12  CZ: U  ES: 16  GB: 15  GR: Κ  PT: M/12 

Runtime: 80

A feast for the senseless.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Art Direction:
Gilles Boillot
Sophie Campbell

Casting:
Françoise Menidrey

Costume Design:
Jacqueline Bouchard

Director:
Francis Veber

Director of Photography:
Luciano Tovoli

Editor:
Georges Klotz

Makeup Artist:
Gill Robillard

Original Music Composer:
Vladimir Cosma

Producer:
Alain Poiré

Production Design:
Hugues Tissandier

Screenplay:
Francis Veber

Set Decoration:
Alain Pitrel

Sound Designer:
Bernard Bats

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