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My Dinner with Hervé

My Dinner with Hervé

His Real Life Was The Biggest Fantasy Of All.

20186.31h 46m

Overview

An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

Directed by Sacha Gervasi
Written by Sean Macaulay, Sacha Gervasi
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Top Cast

Jamie Dornan

Jamie Dornan

Danny Tate

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

Hervé Villechaize

Mireille Enos

Mireille Enos

Kathy Self

Oona Chaplin

Oona Chaplin

Katie

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Baskin

Jim Sturgeon

Jim Sturgeon

Koski

Andy Garcia

Andy Garcia

Ricardo Montalban

Helena Mattsson

Helena Mattsson

Britt Ekland

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Marty Rothstein

Wallace Langham

Wallace Langham

Aaron Spelling

Themes & Keywords

biography

About My Dinner with Hervé

My Dinner with Hervé is a drama, tv movie film released in 2018 exploring themes of biography. Directed by Sacha Gervasi, it stars Jamie Dornan, Peter Dinklage, Mireille Enos. An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

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