The Bet

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The Bet

"They said they'd do it.Unfortunately, they did!"

1997

1h 40m

6.3(498 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Two rival "brothers-in-law" make a bet that they can stop smoking for 2 weeks. But, it's just not that easy...

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45 members

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Didier Bourdon

Didier

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Bernard Campan

Bernard

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Isabelle Ferron

Murielle

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Isabel Otero

Victoria

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Hélène Surgère

Mme Ramirez

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Kelly Lawson

Elodie

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Roger Ibáñez

Vicente Ramirez

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Philippe Chevallier

L'animateur de groupe

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Régis Laspalès

Gilbert

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Jean-Pierre Tagliaferri

Professeur de Yoga

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Charles Ardillon

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Christian Barbier

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Roland Baubeau

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Patrick Bordier

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Nelly Cahagniet

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Jérôme Chappatte

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Rukmini Chatterjee

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Marie-Catherine Conti

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Martial Courcier

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Paule Daré

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Jean-Michel Dagory

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Jean-Jacques d'Amour

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Jacques Décombe

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Albert Dray

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François Du Merle

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Christian Gaitch

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Matthew Géczy

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Diogène Guerin

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Christophe Guybet

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Daniel Isoppo

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Nicole Jamet

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Martine Lang

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Marie Laurence

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Thomas Le Douarec

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Théo Légitimus

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Rabah Naceur

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Jeangay Nuckson

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Robert Plagnol

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Blanche Raynal

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Jacqueline Rigaux

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Julien Rondelli

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Daniel Saint-Jean

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Jean-Pierre Tagliaferri

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Bonnafet Tarbouriech

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Jean-Roger Milo

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