The Dinner Game (1998) on Netflix
Pierre Brochant and his friends each bring an oblivious idiot to dinner, and the most spectacular wins. His find, François Pignon, builds matchstick landmarks. Brochant's back gives out.
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Plot summary
Pierre Brochant is a Parisian publisher and a tax cheat, and Wednesday is the night of the idiots' dinner he and his friends hold. Each guest brings an oblivious man obsessed with some ridiculous pastime so the others can mock him all evening, and the most spectacular fool is crowned champion. An idiot scout leads him to François Pignon, a Finance Ministry employee who builds famous landmarks out of matchsticks, and Brochant invites him over before the dinner. Then Brochant's back goes out on the golf course at his country club, and his wife Christine walks out, tired of the cruelty of the game. When Pignon arrives, Brochant wants him gone, then finds he depends on him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Dinner Game (1998)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The stage comedy Le Dîner de cons had already run for more than 900 performances in Paris before Francis Veber turned it into this film.
