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The Dinner Game (1998)

Film · 1998 · 80 min · Comedy

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...

Directed by Francis Veber

Starring Jacques Villeret, Thierry Lhermitte, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost, Alexandra Vandernoot, Catherine Frot, Edgar Givry, Christian Pereira

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In cinemas9 July 1999
Digital releaseNot listed
Physical release25 April 2000
First release anywhere15 April 1998

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