Underplayed Gems

Le Dîner de Cons (1998)

Le Dîner de Cons poster
Original title
Le Dîner de cons
Directed by
Francis Veber
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
14
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 2,072 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy publisher invites guests to a weekly dinner where each person brings a foolish companion to mock. He picks a man who builds model boats out of matchsticks but the evening goes wrong when his own secrets come out.

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What happens

The Dinner Game (French: Le Dîner de Cons, pronounced [lə dine d(ə) kɔ̃]; literally the Dinner of Fools) is a 1998 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, adapted from his play Le Dîner de Cons. It became that year's top-grossing French film at the French box office (second overall behind Titanic) and it has since frequently been described as a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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