Le Dîner de Cons
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Le Dîner de Cons is a 1998 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, renowned for its sharp wit and farcical premise about a weekly dinner where guests secretly mock unsuspecting “idiots.”
All labels observed (1)
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| Le Dîner de Cons canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10796592 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Dîner de Cons Context triple: [Francis Veber, notableWork, Le Dîner de Cons]
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A.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a breakout indie rock single by British band Bloc Party, known for its angular guitar riffs and energetic post-punk revival sound.
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B.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a song from Joni Mitchell's 1972 album *For the Roses*, reflecting her introspective folk-rock style and lyrical social commentary.
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C.
Le Cru et le Cuit
Le Cru et le Cuit is the first volume of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s Mythologiques series, a seminal structuralist study of myth that analyzes the symbolic oppositions between raw and cooked food across diverse cultures.
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D.
Partage de midi
Partage de midi is a symbolist drama by French writer Paul Claudel that explores themes of passion, faith, and spiritual crisis through an intense love triangle set during an ocean voyage.
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E.
La Bauche
La Bauche is a small commune in the Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the Alpine region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Dîner de Cons Target entity description: Le Dîner de Cons is a 1998 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, renowned for its sharp wit and farcical premise about a weekly dinner where guests secretly mock unsuspecting “idiots.”
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A.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a breakout indie rock single by British band Bloc Party, known for its angular guitar riffs and energetic post-punk revival sound.
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B.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a song from Joni Mitchell's 1972 album *For the Roses*, reflecting her introspective folk-rock style and lyrical social commentary.
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C.
Le Cru et le Cuit
Le Cru et le Cuit is the first volume of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s Mythologiques series, a seminal structuralist study of myth that analyzes the symbolic oppositions between raw and cooked food across diverse cultures.
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D.
Partage de midi
Partage de midi is a symbolist drama by French writer Paul Claudel that explores themes of passion, faith, and spiritual crisis through an intense love triangle set during an ocean voyage.
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E.
La Bauche
La Bauche is a small commune in the Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the Alpine region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | stage play ⓘ |
| award |
César Award for Best Actor (Jacques Villeret)
NERFINISHED
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César Award for Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Prévost) ⓘ |
| basedOn | Le Dîner de cons (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Francis Veber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeSuccess | yes ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy |
François Pignon – Jacques Villeret
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pierre Brochant – Thierry Lhermitte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Luciano Tovoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Francis Veber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Gaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Catherine Kelber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | The Dinner Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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farce ⓘ |
| hasRemake | Dinner for Schmucks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cruelty of social elites
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humiliation and empathy ⓘ snobbery ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Jacques Villeret
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thierry Lhermitte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
François Pignon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pierre Brochant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Vladimir Cosma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
César Award for Best Director
NERFINISHED
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César Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ César Award for Best Writing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
farcical premise
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sharp wit ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Dîner de cons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | weekly dinner where guests mock unsuspecting "idiots" ⓘ |
| producer | Alain Poiré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Gaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateFrance | 1998-04-15 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| remadeInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Francis Veber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| starring |
Catherine Frot
NERFINISHED
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Daniel Prévost NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Huster NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques Villeret NERFINISHED ⓘ Thierry Lhermitte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Francis Veber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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