The Dinner Game

The Dinner Game

A feast for the senseless.

1998 · 80 min · ★ 7.8 (2K) · Comedy

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...

Directed by Francis Veber · Written by Francis Veber

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