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Laughter and Punishment
Laughter and Punishment

Laughter and Punishment

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DramaComedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

5.494/10

Release Date

28 January 2003

Country

Cast

José Garcia

José Garcia

Vincent Roméro

Laurent Lucas

Laurent Lucas

Jacques

Philippe Uchan

Philippe Uchan

Pierre

Isabelle Doval

Isabelle Doval

Camille Sétine

Benoît Poelvoorde

Benoît Poelvoorde

Le prof de secourisme

Delphine Bibet

Delphine Bibet

la libraire russe

Bénédicte Charpiat

Bénédicte Charpiat

Jeune femme

Véronique Picciotto

Véronique Picciotto

Catherine

Judith El Zein

Judith El Zein

Agnès

Valérie Benguigui

Valérie Benguigui

Audrey

Ahcène Nini

Ahcène Nini

Alain Bouzigues

Alain Bouzigues

Le dragueur dans la rue

François Berland

François Berland

Barman bar billard

Jean-Marie Lamour

Jean-Marie Lamour

Mickäel

Marie Mergey

Marie Mergey

Madame Bourdier

Renaud Rutten

Renaud Rutten

Chauffeur de taxi

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