The Bet
Synopsis
Bernard, a teacher in the suburbs, lives with Victoria in a new urban development. Didier, a wealthy Parisian pharmacist, is married to Muriel. One drives a rusty 205, the other, a black Mercedes. They are brothers-in-law, and hate each others' guts. Over dinner, Didier and Bernard make a bet: to stop smoking for a fortnight, until the next family get-together. The gauntlet is down, their hell begins... The first days go off like a dream, both are on top of the world. Addicted no more! But things quickly turn sour. Didier and Bernard find it harder and harder to resist the temptation. They become irritable, suspicious, they lie... Until the fateful day: the family get-together. They've kept their word, but relations between them and their wives are at an all time low... Despite this, they are both determined to remain non- smokers. Will they succeed? At what price? And for how long?
Credits
Actors (30)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Katharina, Renn Productions
- Co-productions : TF1 Films Production, DB Production, ABS Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pathé Films
- French distribution : AMLF
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producer : Claude Berri
- Assistant Director : Eric Fourniols
- Sound Recordist : Bernard Bats
- Line Producer : Pierre Grunstein
- Screenwriters : Bernard Campan, Didier Bourdon
- Director of Photography : Manuel Teran
- Sound assistants : Jean Casanova, Pierre-Yves Bruneel
- Production Manager : Patrick Bordier
- Press Attaché (film) : Dominique Segall
- Editor : Roland Baubeau
- Sound Editor : Frédéric Dubois
- Assistant editor : Marcela Figueroa
- Continuity supervisor : Patrick Aubrée
- Production Designer : Christian Marti
- Music Composers : Laurent Bertaud, Jean-Charles Laurent, Jean-Christophe Prudhomme
- Costume designer : Gisèle Ravard
- Sound Mixer : Bruno Charier
- Still Photographers : Pascalito, Roger Arpajou
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1997
- French release : 15/10/1997
- Runtime : 1 h 40 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 91.830
- Visa issue date : 26/09/1997
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
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News & awards
Selections (3)
Cairo - International Film Festival
Egypt, 1998
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Delegations (1)
About
"In general, when doing films, we first discuss the basic idea and then overlay the comic scenes: so the gags come pretty quickly. With regard to the pacing, we like each scene to slot naturally into the other. It would seem wooden if we tried to calculate everything. ''The Bet'' is our second film; we had more leeway, we added more personal touches." (Didier Bourdon)
