The Dinner Game

Le Dîner de Cons
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrancis Veber
Written byFrancis Veber
Produced byAlain Poiré
StarringJacques Villeret
Thierry Lhermitte
Francis Huster
Daniel Prévost
Alexandra Vandernoot
Catherine Frot
CinematographyLuciano Tovoli
Edited byGeorges Klotz
Music byVladimir Cosma
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont Buena Vista International
Release date
  • 15 April 1998 (1998-04-15)
Running time
80 minutes[1]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
BudgetFFR82 million ($14.1 million)[2]
Box office$65.4 million[3]

The Dinner Game (French: Le Dîner de Cons, pronounced [lə dine d(ə) kɔ̃]; literally Dinner of Fools)[4] 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).[5]

  1. ^ "LE DINER DE CONS (THE DINNER GAME) (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 November 1998. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Angels goes to box office heaven". Screen International. 19 February 1999. p. 20.
  3. ^ "Le Dîner de cons (The Dinner Game) (1998)". Jpbox-office.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. ^ The last word is difficult to translate directly into English, as the equivalent English word, "cunt", is considered unacceptably vulgar, and typically has a somewhat more aggressive tone than con (see Bradshaw, Peter (2 July 1999). "Con trick". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2011.) A Dublin and London version of the stage play used a slightly different strategy, shifting the day of the dîner to Tuesdays so the euphemistic title See You Next Tuesday could be used (see: "see you next Tuesday". London Theatre Guide. 3 July 2003. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.)
  5. ^ "French Box Office Top 25 for 1998". Variety. 11 January 1999. p. 96.