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Actors: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost, Catherine Frot
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Dinner Game |
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THE DINNER GAME (Le Dîner de Cons) is a French comedy written and directed by Francis Veber in 1998. It earned three French Academy awards.
Every week, Pierre Brochant organizes, with his friends, a dinner whose guests are the most idiot people they have met during the week. Unaware of the reason why they have been invited, the guests entertain Pierre and his friends during the evening. This week, Pierre wants to present François Pignon to his friends. François's hobby is to build scale-down bridges with matches.
But nothing will happen the way Pierre has imagined it. When François Pignon arrives in Pierre's flat, Pierre receives a call from his own wife who tells him that she's leaving him. Pignon is moved by the situation and will try, during the whole evening, to help Pierre romance his wife but every personal initiative he takes is the cause of a new catastrophe for Pierre. Now, Pignon's friend, Lucien Cheval, has just arrived. Cheval is a tax controller and is soon very interested in the paintings hanging in Pierre's flat.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Dinner Game |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- irritating stalker/helper
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- govt employee
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- play
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