Le Dîner de Cons
A smug executive stakes his reputation on a cruel weekly ritual, inviting a clueless stranger to a dinner of ridicule—only to have the unsuspecting guest’s relentless mishaps turn the night into a chaotic battle for survival.
“A feast for the senseless.”
Synopsis
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is known as “Idiots' Day.” The concept is straightforward: each participant must bring an idiot, and the one who presents the most spectacular one wins a prize. That evening, Brochant is overjoyed, having discovered what he believes to be a gem—the ultimate idiot, even a “world champion idiot!” What Brochant is unaware of is that Pignon is a real jinx, a master at causing catastrophes.
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Principal cast & crew: 26
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Edited by Georges KlotzShot by Luciano TovoliScored by Vladimir CosmaDesigned by Hugues Tissandier
Box Office
1998 · Box office
Produced on a $12.5M budget
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$12.5M
Also known as
- Dinner für Spinnerde
- The Dinner Gameen
- La cena de los idiotases
- La cena dei cretiniit
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26 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Thierry Lhermitte
as Pierre Brochant
Jacques Villeret
as François Pignon
Francis Huster
as Juste Leblanc
Daniel Prevost
as Lucien Cheval
Alexandra Vandernoot
as Christine Brochant
Catherine Frot
as Marlène Sasseur
Benoit Bellal
as Host 1
Edgar Givry
as Jean Cordier
Jacques Bleu
as Host 3
Christian Pereira
as Doctor Sorbier
Philippe Brigaud
as Tanner (boomerang thrower)
Michel Caccia
as Guest 1
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8Directors
1Writers
1Other crew
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