The Dinner Game (1998)
“Le Dîner de Cons”
Comedy
The Dinner Game is comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber. It is a film adaptation by Veber of his play Le Dîner de Cons. It was the top grossing French film at the French box office for 1998 and second place overall behind Titanic.
Pierre Brochant, a Parisian publisher, attends a weekly “idiots’ dinner”, where guests, who are modish, prominent Parisian businessmen, must bring along an “idiot” whom the other guests can ridicule. At the end of the dinner, the evening’s “champion idiot” is selected. When Pierre decided to play a game to see who could bring the biggest idiot to a dinner party he never imagined he’d be the one playing the fool. But when Pierre’s selfish ways come to light before the main course he gets his just dessert.
Director: Francis Veber
Writer: Francis Veber
Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost, Alexandra Vandernoot, Catherine Frot, Edgar Givry
►Cast:
| Thierry Lhermitte | ► | Pierre Brochant |
| Jacques Villeret | ► | François Pignon |
| Francis Huster | ► | Juste Leblanc |
| Daniel Prévost | ► | Lucien Cheval |
| Alexandra Vandernoot | ► | Christine Brochant |
| Catherine Frot | ► | Marlène Sasseur |
| Benoît Bellal | ► | Host 1 |
| Jacques Bleu | ► | Host 3 |
| Philippe Brigaud | ► | Tanner (boomerang thrower) |
| Michel Caccia | ► | Guest 1 |
| Laurent Gendron | ► | Guest 2 |
| Mykhaël Georges-Schar | ► | Host 2 |
| Edgar Givry | ► | Cordier |
| Pierre-Arnaud Juin | ► | Boissonade |
| Daniel Martin | ► | Messignac |
| Elvire Melliere | ► | Gisèle |
| Pétronille Moss | ► | Louisette Blond |
| Christian Pereira | ► | Sorbier |
| Rémy Roubakha | ► | Carlier |
| Candide Sanchez | ► | Guest 3 |
| Daniel Russo | ► | Pascal Meneaux – voice on the phone (voice) |