Laughter and Punishment

Jan 28, 2003

1h 34m

★ 5.4

Overview

French director Isabelle Doval directs her husband, popular comedic actor José Garcia, in the comedy Rire et Chatiment (Laughter and Punishment). Vincent (Garcia) is a popular physician whose aggressive need to be funny and get people's attention annoys his girlfriend, Camille (Doval), to the point that she leaves him. He begins to suspect she might have been onto something when his behavior begins causing people to die.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

MP Productions

EuropaCorp

France 2 Cinéma

PROCIREP

M6 Films

Canal+

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Cast

Vincent Roméro

José Garcia

Jacques

Laurent Lucas

Pierre

Philippe Uchan

Camille Sétine

Isabelle Doval

Le prof de secourisme

Benoît Poelvoorde

la libraire russe

Delphine Bibet

Jeune femme

Bénédicte Charpiat

Catherine

Véronique Picciotto

Agnès

Judith El Zein

Audrey

Valérie Benguigui

Ahcène Nini

Le dragueur dans la rue

Alain Bouzigues

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