Nuit d'ivresse (Night of drunkenness) is a 1986 French cult comedy film 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, a charmless and rather vulgar woman, just out of prison, who is drinking the night away 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