The Dinner Game (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...
Director:
Francis Veber
Writer:
Francis Veber
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Jacques Villeret as François Pignon |
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Thierry Lhermitte as Pierre Brochant |
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Francis Huster as Juste Leblanc |
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Daniel Prévost as Lucien Cheval |
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Alexandra Vandernoot as Christine Brochant |
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Catherine Frot as Marlène Sasseur |
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Edgar Givry as Jean Cordier |
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Christian Pereira as Doctor Sorbier |
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Benoît Bellal as Bichaud, first animator |
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Jacques Bleu as Third animator |
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Philippe Brigaud as Boomerang enthusiast guest |
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Michel Caccia as Guest |
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Laurent Gendron as Guest |
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Pétronille Moss as Louisette Blond |
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Pierre-Arnaud Juin as Boissonade |
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Daniel Martin as Messignac |
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Elvire Melliere as Gisèle |
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Rémy Roubakha as Carlier |
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Candide Sanchez as Guest |
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Mykhaël Georges-Schar as Second animator |
| Production | Françoise Menidrey | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gill Robillard | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Francis Veber | Director |
| Writing | Francis Veber | Screenplay |
| Production | Alain Poiré | Producer |
| Camera | Luciano Tovoli | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vladimir Cosma | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Georges Klotz | Editor |
| Art | Hugues Tissandier | Production Design |
| Art | Gilles Boillot | Art Direction |
| Art | Sophie Campbell | Art Direction |
| Art | Alain Pitrel | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Bouchard | Costume Design |
| Sound | Bernard Bats | Sound Designer |
