Nuit d'ivresse (Night of drunkenness) is a 1986 French cult comedy film which was directed by Bernard Nauer and starring Josiane Balasko and Thierry Lhermitte. 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 in Paris. When she fails to show up, he meets a woman named Frède, recently released from prison, who is drinking 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
Josiane Balasko as Frède Thierry Lhermitte as Jacques Belin Jean-Michel Dupuis as Steve Viviane Elbaz as Marlène Gérard Jugnot as himself Victoria Abril 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 as herself Ticky Holgado as France Roche's technician Bruno Moynot as France Roche's cameraman
Play
1985–1988: with Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc & Jean-François Dérec, directed by Josiane Balasko & Michel Blanc, Le Splendid 2002: with Michèle Bernier, Francis Huster, Pascal Légitimus, Christian Sinniger & Marilou Berry directed by Josiane Balasko, Théâtre de la Renaissance 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
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