Didier
Directed by	Alain Chabat
Written by	Alain Chabat
Produced by	Claude Berri
Starring	Jean-Pierre Bacri Alain Chabat
Cinematography	Laurent Dailland
Edited by	Roland Baubeau
Music by	Philippe Chany Raggasonic
Distributed by	AMLF
Release date	29 January 1997 (1997-01-29)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$8.8 million[citation needed]
Box office	$21.8 million[1][failed verification]

Didier is a 1997 French comedy film written and directed by Alain Chabat. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri and Alain Chabat. Chabat received a César Award for Best Debut in 1998.

Jean-Pierre, a football agent, has agreed to keep Didier, the dog of friend and film journalist Annabelle. During the night, the Labrador is transformed into a human, at least in appearance, but Didier is still a dog psychologically. Confronted by Richard, the boss of the football club that hires him, Jean-Pierre did not need another problem in addition to the ones from his famous football players, Fabrice and Baco, both injured only one week before a very important match against the Paris Saint-Germain. Didier is going to help him and replace the injured players. But the real mission of Didier is to reconcile Jean-Pierre and his girlfriend Maria.

The film opened at number one at the French box office with a gross of 21.7 million French Franc ($4 million).^[2] It was number one for a second week^[3] and went on to gross $21.8 million.^{[1][failed verification]}

• The Shaggy Dog (1959), a Walt Disney film where a young boy is transformed into a dog
• The Shaggy D.A. (1976), the sequel of the previous film
• The Shaggy Dog (2006), a modern remake of 1959 film The Shaggy Dog

• Didier at IMDb