Laughter and Punishment
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2003-01-28
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: Isabelle Doval
Writer: Olivier Dague, Isabelle Doval, Jean-François Halin
Spoken language: Français
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Original title: Laughter and Punishment
Production Companies: MP Productions, EuropaCorp, France 2 Cinéma, PROCIREP, M6 Films, Canal+
Production Countries:
Cast
José Garcia
Laurent Lucas
Philippe Uchan
Isabelle Doval
Benoît Poelvoorde
Delphine Bibet
Bénédicte Charpiat
Véronique Picciotto
Judith El Zein
Valérie Benguigui
Ahcène Nini
Alain Bouzigues
François Berland
Jean-Marie Lamour
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