The Dinner Game
“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...
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Cast
20 people
Jacques Villeret
François Pignon
Known for
The Cabbage Soup
The Children of the Marshland
Thierry Lhermitte
Pierre Brochant
Known for
French Fried Vacation 2
Little Indian, Big City
Francis Huster
Juste Leblanc
Known for
Ici tout commence
The Public Woman
Daniel Prévost
Lucien Cheval
Known for
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Little Nicholas
Alexandra Vandernoot
Christine Brochant
Known for
Family Business
Highlander: The Series
Catherine Frot
Marlène Sasseur
Known for
Haute Cuisine
Marguerite
Edgar Givry
Jean Cordier
Known for
Les Contes de la rue Broca
The Spy
Christian Pereira
Doctor Sorbier
Known for
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
The Student
Benoît Bellal
Bichaud, first animator
Known for
A Heart in Winter
Jacques Bleu
Third animator
Also in
Brantôme 81: Vie de dames galantes
Gueule d'atmosphère
Philippe Brigaud
Boomerang enthusiast guest
Known for
Babysitting
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Michel Caccia
Guest
Known for
The Taste of Others
The Closet
Francis Veber Director · Vladimir Cosma Composer Luciano Tovoli Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $79M · Budget $12M · United States release July 9, 1999
Box office
Budget
$12,500,000
Worldwide gross
$78,599,508
Gross vs. budget
6.3×
Production
Gaumont
Production · Studio
EFVE
Production
TPS Cinéma
Production
TF1 Films Production
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le Dîner de cons
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Belgium · April 15, 1998
Theatrical
France · April 15, 1998
Theatrical
United States · July 9, 1999
Theatrical
United States · April 25, 2000
Physical · DVD
Argentina
January 28, 1999 · Theatrical
Australia
March 19, 1999 · Premiere · French Film Festival
December 23, 1999 · Theatrical
Austria
December 4, 1998 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1999 · Theatrical
Canada
April 15, 1998 · Theatrical
Czechia
November 11, 1999 · Theatrical
Estonia
August 13, 1999 · Theatrical
France
January 19, 1999 · Physical · DVD
March 11, 2026 · TV · TMC
Germany
February 4, 1999 · Theatrical
September 28, 1999 · Digital
Greece
October 15, 1999 · Theatrical
December 19, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Hungary
April 24, 1999 · Premiere · French Film Festival
November 11, 1999 · Theatrical
Iceland
January 23, 1999 · Theatrical
Israel
December 9, 1999 · Theatrical
Italy
May 12, 2000 · Theatrical
Japan
December 25, 1999 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 1, 2006 · TV
New Zealand
July 18, 1999 · Premiere · Auckland Film Festival
February 24, 2000 · Theatrical
Norway
May 28, 1999 · Theatrical
Poland
September 24, 1999 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Singapore
April 29, 1999 · Theatrical
Slovakia
August 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Spain
January 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Switzerland
April 15, 1998 · Theatrical · French
November 27, 1998 · Theatrical · German
Türkiye
May 14, 1999 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 2, 1999 · Theatrical
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