Jacques and Martine, an ordinary bourgeois couple, invite to dinner a friend whom they have not seen the last ten years. Since then he has become a media star and everything has to go just right at dinner.
Acting
Bacri's unbearable charisma as the gambling-addicted blowhard.
Writing
Jaoui and Bacri's savage dialogue, originally their own play.
Director
Philippe Muyl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This launched the Bacri-Jaoui writing partnership that defined 90s French bourgeois tragicomedy.
The entire film was shot in a real apartment kitchen, with actors bumping into actual furniture.
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