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Wit is the ultimate weapon.
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To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
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Directed by: Thierry Arbogast, Patrice Leconte
Produced by: Philippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand, Frédéric Brillion
Composed by: Antoine Duhamel
Cast

Charles Berling
Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy

Jean Rochefort
Le Marquis de Bellegarde

Fanny Ardant
Madame de Blayac

Judith Godrèche
Mathilde de Bellegarde

Bernard Giraudeau
L'Abbée de Vilecourt

Bernard Dhéran
Montalieri

Carlo Brandt
Milletail

Jacques Mathou
Abbé de l'Épée

Urbain Cancelier
Louis XVI

Albert Delpy
Baron de Guéret
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