Movie·2003·1h 34m
Laughter and Punishment
Language
French
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The Story
Original title: Rire et Châtiment
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.
Written By
Olivier Dague, Jean-François Halin
Producer
Alain Mamou-Mani, Michel Propper
Cinematography
Denis Rouden
Music
Alexandre Desplat
Editor
Bénédicte Teiger
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
José Garcia
Vincent Roméro
Laurent Lucas
Jacques
Philippe Uchan
Pierre
Isabelle Doval
Camille Sétine
Benoît Poelvoorde
Le prof de secourisme
Delphine Bibet
la libraire russe
Bénédicte Charpiat
Jeune femme
Véronique Picciotto
Catherine
Judith El Zein
Agnès
Valérie Benguigui
Audrey
Ahcène Nini
Alain Bouzigues
Le dragueur dans la rue
François Berland
Barman bar billard
Jean-Marie Lamour
Mickäel
Marie Mergey
Madame Bourdier
Renaud Rutten
Chauffeur de taxi
// crew
Crew
Isabelle Doval
Director, Writer
Olivier Dague
Writer
Alexandre Desplat
Original Music Composer
Alain Mamou-Mani
Producer
Michel Propper
Producer
Denis Rouden
Director of Photography
Bénédicte Teiger
Editor
Jean-François Halin
Writer
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