Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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...
- tax inspector
- fool
- comedy
The bill
Jacques Villeret
François Pignon
Thierry Lhermitte
Pierre Brochant
Francis Huster
Juste Leblanc
Daniel Prévost
Lucien Cheval
- Alexandra Vandernoot — Christine Brochant
- Catherine Frot — Marlène Sasseur
- Edgar Givry — Jean Cordier
- Christian Pereira — Doctor Sorbier
- Benoît Bellal — Bichaud, first animator
- Jacques Bleu — Third animator
- Philippe Brigaud — Boomerang enthusiast guest
- Michel Caccia — Guest
- Laurent Gendron — Guest
- Pétronille Moss — Louisette Blond
- Pierre-Arnaud Juin — Boissonade
- Directed
- Francis Veber
- Written
- Francis Veber
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 2,073 ratings
- Studio
- Gaumont, EFVE, TPS Cinéma, TF1 Films Production
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
