Rich people having dinner: what could possibly go wrong? (Spoiler: everything.)
Françoise and Jean-Jacques Lombard, very wealthy tax exiles whose fortune is based on the inventions of their husbands, are preparing to receive a couple of friends, Alicia and Grégoire Lagarde. He is a daddy's boy industrialist, She is a rich and stupid aristocrat. Everything could well happen if Alicia had not become infatuated with a spiritual coach who accompanies them to dinner. And inevitably, the varnish will end up cracking, especially when the guru will tell them the worst: their fortune is threatened.
Acting
Josiane Balasko devouring every scene like it's her last meal
Writing
Theater roots show—tight, vicious, dialogue-driven destruction
Director
Arnaud Emery
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a theater play, which explains the single-location intensity and why everyone talks like they're projecting to the cheap seats. Very French tradition of bourgeoisie evisceration.
Josiane Balasko is French comedy royalty—she's been skewering exactly these kinds of pretentious wealthy types since the 70s. Casting her as Françoise is basically a promise of maximum chaos.
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