Francis Veber
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Francis Paul Veber is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been i
Veber in 2012
The Dinner Game
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The Dinner Game 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 and
Francis Veber
…Cage aux Folles (as The Birdcage), Le Jouet (as The Toy), Les Compères (as Fathers' Day), La chèvre (as Pure Luck), Les Fugitifs (as Three Fugitives), Le dîner de cons (as Dinner for Schmucks) and La Doublure (as The Valet). He also wrote the screenplay for My Father the Hero, the 1994 American remake of the French-language…
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Thierry Lhermitte plays Pierre Brochant, a Parisian publisher, who invites Pignon to his weekly "idiots' dinner" with calamitous results. Brochant spends the evening trying to locate his wife, Christine, who has left him.
Jacques Villeret (right) plays François Pignon, the “idiot” invited to discuss his matchstick replicas of famous landmarks, who unintentionally wrecks Brochant’s life. Daniel Prévost (left) plays Lucien Cheval, a tax inspector who provides the address of Christine’s suspected lover. Cheval detects expensive objets d’art on which Brochant has not paid taxes.
Francis Huster plays Juste Leblanc, Brochant’s former best friend, from whom Brochant stole away Christine years before.