Didier
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61% Critic Match

Didier

6.1 / 10 1997 1h 44mNR French
Comedy

Storyline

Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, leaving him one player short for a crucial match. As if things could not get any worse, Costa wakes up one morning to find that that Didier has been transformed into a man...

Cast & Crew

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Jean-Pierre Costa

Lead
Alain Chabat

Alain Chabat

Didier

Isabelle Gélinas

Isabelle Gélinas

Maria

Lionel Abelanski

Lionel Abelanski

Charlie Abitbol

Caroline Cellier

Caroline Cellier

Annabelle

Chantal Lauby

Chantal Lauby

Solange

Josiane Balasko

Josiane Balasko

Madame Massort

Dominique Farrugia

Dominique Farrugia

Gilles

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alain Chabat's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Didier is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker