''Nuit d'ivresse'' (''Night of drunkenness'') is a 1986 French cult comedy film directed by Bernard Nauer and starring

Josiane Balasko Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice. Career One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...

and

Thierry Lhermitte Thierry Lhermitte (; born 24 November 1952) is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe '' Le Splendid'' in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier, Gé ...

. It was adapted from the play of the same name, created in 1985 by Balasko and Michel Blanc.

Plot

Jacques Belin, a famous TV gameshow host, awaits his fiancée on New Year's Eve in the café of the

Gare de l'Est The Gare de l'Est (; English: "Station of the East" or "East station"), officially Paris-Est, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It is located in the 10th arrondissement, not far southeast from the Gar ...

in Paris. When she fails to show up, he meets a woman named Frède, a charmless and rather vulgar woman, just out of prison, who is drinking the night away while waiting for her morning train to Metz where she is going to live with her sister. Complete opposites, Jacques and Frède's respective solitudes bring them together as they talk and drink. An eventful and unforgettable evening follows ...

Cast

as Frède *

as Jacques Belin *

Jean-Michel Dupuis Jean-Michel Dupuis (born in 1955) is a French theatre, TV and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern me ...

as Steve * Viviane Elbaz as Marlène *

Gérard Jugnot Gérard Jugnot (; born 4 May 1951) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy ''troupe'' Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian C ...

as himself *

Victoria Abril Victoria Mérida Rojas (born 4 July 1959), better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' by ...

as Jugnot's wife * Marc Dudicourt as President Bulot * Daniel Dadzu as Auguste * Alain Doutey as Jean-François Ragain * Daniel Jégou as M.A. Ammou * Sylvie Novak as Valérie Ammou *

France Roche France Roche (2 April 1921 – 14 December 2013) was a French film actress and screenwriter. She appeared in 17 films between 1951 and 1979. She was a member of the jury at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography ...

as herself *

Ticky Holgado Ticky Holgado (24 June 1944, in Toulouse – 22 January 2004, in Paris), pseudonym of Joseph Holgado, was a French actor and a frequent collaborator with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With ''Delicatessen'' (1991) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, Tic ...

as France Roche's technician *

Bruno Moynot Bruno Moynot (born 20 December 1950, in Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France ) is a French actor and theatre director. Part of the famous French comedy group Le Splendid, he is best known for his roles in Patrice Leconte's ''Les Bronzés'' ...

as France Roche's cameraman

Play

* 1985–1988: with

, Michel Blanc & Jean-François Dérec, directed by

& Michel Blanc,

Le Splendid Le Splendid is a café-théâtre company founded by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s - Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte (four childhood friends who knew one another from the Lycée Pasteur in Neu ...

* 2002: with Michèle Bernier,

Francis Huster Francis Huster (born 8 December 1947) is a French stage, film and television actor, director and scriptwriter. Biography Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His father is Charles Huster, commercial director at Lancia, and his Po ...

Pascal Légitimus Pascal Légitimus (born 13 March 1959) is a French actor, comedian and theatre director. He is a member of the famous French humour band Les Inconnus Les Inconnus ("The Unknowns") are a French trio of humourists consisting of Didier Bourdon, ...

, Christian Sinniger &

Marilou Berry Marilou Berry (born 1 February 1983) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Personal life Marilou Berry was born on 1 February 1983, the daughter of filmmaker Josiane Balasko (née Balašković) and sculptor Philippe Berry (né ...

directed by

Théâtre de la Renaissance The name Théâtre de la Renaissance has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building on t ...

* 2014–16: with Larra Mendy, Loïc Rojouan & Stéphane Caudéran, directed by Xavier Viton, Café-théâtre des Beaux-arts * 2015–16: with Élisabeth Buffet, Denis Maréchal & Jean-Christophe Barc, directed by Dominique Guillo, Tour * 2017: with Jean-Luc Reichmann

References

External links

* 1986 films 1986 comedy films French comedy films 1980s French-language films 1980s French films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub