2007 · comedy
The Dinner Guest
Directed by Laurent Bouhnik1h 26m2007
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal Error ! Terrified at the idea of not being up to par, his wife Colette begs Alexandre, their neighbor to help. Communication guru, Alexander accepts the challenge and gives a makeover to the couple in twenty-four hours. Apartment, decoration, lifestyle, dinner menu, uniforms, culture... Everything !
Our read: The Dinner Guest (2007) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
- funny
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