Scared of sophisticated French cinema? This coarse comedy will restore your confidence. Snooty publisher Pierre Brochant (Thierry Lhermitte) and his wealthy, elitist friends have devised a competitive pastime that amuses them no end: Once a month they give
a dinner party to which each man must bring a guest, the dumbest, most boring jerk he can rustle up. The diner whose guest is voted the biggest dope is declared the winner of that round, and Pierre's guest this month is a doozy: Francois Pignon (Jacques Villeret, France's answer to Danny DeVito),
a meek civil servant whose hobby is building toothpick models of world monuments. But when Pignon arrives at swanky
Released:
1998
Rated:
NR
Length:
78 mins