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In lesser hands, Pignon would be a simpleton for the audience to laugh at . But Villeret’s performance transforms him. Pignon is not stupid; he is innocent . He has a logic to his madness. He is a savant with matchsticks, and his "help" (calling Brochant’s wife, organizing a tax evasion scheme) always comes from a genuine place of kindness. By the end of the , the audience realizes that the true "con" is not Pignon, but Brochant—the man who is so arrogant he cannot see his own collapsing life.

What follows is a "strange little comic hell" of escalating disasters. Pignon, in his bumbling attempts to be helpful, manages to: film diner de con

Accidentally alert a tax inspector to Pierre’s hidden wealth. Ruin Pierre's attempts to reconcile with his wife. Physically aggravate Pierre’s back injury repeatedly. Le Dîner de Cons (1998) In lesser hands, Pignon would be a simpleton