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Fantômas Fantômas
Fantômas and The Dinner Game
Dead Tired (Gross Fatigue) (Year: 1994; Director: Michel Blanc; Stars: Michel Blanc, Carole Bouquet, Philippe Noiret, Josiane Balasko, Christian Clavier)
A film star's life comes undone when he is upstaged by a lookalike.
The Dinner Game (Le Diner de Cons) (Country: France; Year: 1998; Director: Francis Veber; Writer: Francis Veber; Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost, Alexandra Vandernoot, Catherine Frot)
A dinner party organised with guests bringing an 'idiot' goes awry.
Fantômas (Fantômas I: À l'ombre de la guillotine, Fantomas: In The Shadow Of The Guillotine) (Country: France; Year: 1913; Director: Louis Feuillade; Stars: René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior)
Fantômas is pursued by Inspector Juve (Edmund Breon) and newspaper reporter Jérôme Fandor (Georges Melchior) as he carries out his nefarious schemes.
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