Didier
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Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, leaving him one player short for a crucial match. As if things could not get any worse, Costa wakes up one morning to find that that Didier has been transformed into a man...
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Cast
27 people
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Jean-Pierre Costa
Known for
C'est la vie!
Family Resemblances
Alain Chabat
Didier
Known for
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Isabelle Gélinas
Maria
Known for
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
The Round Up
Lionel Abelanski
Charlie Abitbol
Known for
Train of Life
Safari
Caroline Cellier
Annabelle
Known for
This Man Must Die
A Pain in the Ass
Chantal Lauby
Solange
Known for
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Josiane Balasko
Madame Massort
Known for
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
The Hedgehog
Dominique Farrugia
Gilles
Known for
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Room(h)ates
Dieudonné
Commentateur sportif, Jean
Known for
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
The 11 Commandments
Dimitri Radochevitch
Commentateur Robert
Known for
Feelings
Zinedine Soualem
Camel Mimouni
Known for
JCVD
The Names of Love
Serge Hazanavicius
Jean-Philippe
Known for
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
The Monuments Men
Alain Chabat Director · Philippe Chany Composer Laurent Dailland Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $22M · Budget $11M · First release January 29, 1997
Box office
Budget
$11,000,000
Worldwide gross
$21,800,000
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
Katharina
Production
Renn Productions
Production
TF1 Films Production
Production
Chez Wam
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · January 29, 1997
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
March 26, 1998 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Brazil
December 4, 1998 · Theatrical
Canada
February 27, 1998 · Theatrical
Finland
June 22, 2003 · TV
France
November 17, 2004 · Physical · DVD
May 3, 2007 · Digital · VOD
October 19, 2022 · Physical · Blu-ray
June 5, 2026 · TV · TMC
Italy
June 4, 1999 · Theatrical
Japan
April 18, 1998 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 29, 2000 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 3, 1997 · Theatrical
Spain
August 29, 1997 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 10, 1998 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 31, 1997 · Theatrical
Taiwan
November 6, 1999 · Theatrical
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