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Every Wednesday, French editor Pierre Brochand and some of his friends organize a very special dinner: a "dîner de cons" (Literally: "Dinner of idiots"), where whoever brings the dumbest guest wins.
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Remade in America as ''[[Dinner for Schmucks]]''.
 
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* [[Believing Their Own Lies]]: Pignon calls Leblanc as a Belgian film producer to get informations on Brochand's wife. He ends up hanging up without any information on the wife - but he sure is going to get the movie rights for cheap.
* [[Black Comedy]]: Only lightly.
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** And later, when he's told Leblanc's name is "Juste Leblanc"; "He doesn't have a first name?"
{{quote|''"Votre nom à vous c'est François, c'est juste? Eh bien, lui, c'est pareil, c'est Juste."''
Badly translated (juste in French can mean both right and only) ''"Your name, it's François, it's right? Well, him, that's the same, it's Right".'' }}
* [[With Friends Like These...]]:
** Brochand is Leblanc's friend, but he steals his wife.
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