• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1998-04-15
  • Runtime80 minutes
  • TaglineA feast for the senseless.
  • Revenue78,599,508$
  • GenreComedy
  • Production
    CompaniesGaumont, EFVE, TPS Cinéma, TF1 Films Production
  • Budget12,500,000$

Movie Overview

For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...

Casts

Jacques Villeret

Thierry Lhermitte

Francis Huster

Daniel Prévost

Alexandra Vandernoot

Catherine Frot

Edgar Givry

Christian Pereira

Benoît Bellal

Jacques Bleu

Philippe Brigaud

Michel Caccia

Laurent Gendron

Pétronille Moss

Pierre-Arnaud Juin

Daniel Martin

Elvire Melliere

Rémy Roubakha

Candide Sanchez