- Le Dîner de cons
Infobox_Film
name = Le Dîner de cons
imdb_id = 0119038
writer =Francis Veber
starring =Thierry Lhermitte Jacques Villeret
director =Francis Veber
producer =Francis Veber
distributor =Gaumont
released = flagicon|France15 April 1998
runtime = 87 min
language = French
budget ="Le Dîner de cons" (French : "The Dinner of Idiots" ; international English title : "The Dinner Game") is a French
film directed byFrancis Veber that was released in 1998. It is a cinema adaptation of the theater play of the same name.Plot
Pierre Brochant (
Thierry Lhermitte ), a famous Parisian publisher, attends a weekly "idiots' dinner", where guests, who are prominent Parisian businessmen (and therefore, it is implied, intelligent), must each bring along an "idiot" of whom the other invitees can make fun. At the end of the dinner, the evening's champion idiot is selected. Pierre Brochant manages, with the help of an "idiot scout", to find an exceptional idiot: François Pignon, a Finance Ministry employee who is crazy about building replicas with matchsticks. Things start to go haywire when Brochant's wife leaves him shortly after François Pignon arrives at his apartment. His constant mistakes add humour to the film, especially when he brings in his friend, a tax auditor, who makes an unpleasant discovery about his own wife. It is easy to pity both of the main characters, M. Pignon for being made fun of and used in such a cruel way, and M. Brochant for being left by his wife, constantly badgered by the guest who will not leave, threatened with auditing for tax evasion, and suffering from a wrenched back. M. Pignon tries to make up for all his wrongdoings by calling Mr. Brochant's wife, who got into a car accident after leaving the apartment, but after apparently remedying the problem messes up yet again.Cast
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Jacques Villeret : François Pignon
*Thierry Lhermitte : Pierre Brochant
*Francis Huster : Juste Leblanc
*Alexandra Vandernoot : Christine Brochant
*Daniel Prévost : Lucien Cheval
*Catherine Frot : Marlène Sasseur
*Edgar Givry : Jean Cordier
*Christian Pereira : Le docteur Sorbier
*Pétronille Moss : Mademoiselle BlondTrivia
This film has been remade in
Hindi asBheja Fry (2007).After long-time rumours of an American remake starring
Robin Williams , a remake, called "Dinner For Schmucks ", starringSacha Baron Cohen , is eventually scheduled for 2009. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427152/ Dinner for Schmucks (2009) ] ]A Chinese remake of the film comes in the form of a
stage show at theShanghai Dramatic Arts Centre starring Canadian freelance performerDashan as Pierre Brochant. [http://www.dashan.com.cn/en/projects/dinner.htm]Awards
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César Award 1999 : Best Actor for Jacques Villeret
*César Award 1999 : Best supporting actor for Daniel Prévost
*César Award 1999 : Best producer for Francis VeberExternal links
*imdb title|id=0119038|title=Le Dîner de cons
* [http://www.franceinfo.us/03_books/books/veber_diner-de-cons-small.pdf Le dîner de cons in PDF] , Francis Veber Play at [http://www.franceinfo.us FranceInfo.US]
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