The Bet

Le Pari (The Bet, 1997) is a French comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by and starring Didier Bourdon and Bernard Campan — one of France's best-known comic duos — the film centres on two bickering brothers-in-law who somehow end up making a bet: they'll both quit smoking for two weeks.

Simple enough. What follows is two weeks of fraying willpower, petty schemes and spectacular lapses, with neither man willing to be the first to crack. The film runs lean and funny, without trying to be more than it is — exactly what you want from a classic French ensemble comedy.

Stream Le Pari (1997) online on iFILM.