Ridicule

1996·Movie

1h 42min

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About

Wit is the ultimate weapon.

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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Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Period Drama Satire Romantic Drama
Mood: SentimentalPlayfulCharmingWittyRomantic
Themes: Love Conquers AllClass StruggleSocial RevolutionPower Of Language
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Dialog: Rhetorical QuestionsWitty BanterPoetic LanguageFormal Dialogue
Character Types: Comic ReliefHeroLove Interest
Time: 18th CenturyFrench Revolution
Place: Versailles PalaceAristocratic Estates
Cinematic Style: Period-Accurate CostumesHigh Contrast LightingElaborate Sets
Costume and Set: Versailles Palace Sets

Sequels and Prequels

No sequels or prequels available

Crew

Directed by:

Patrice Leconte, Thierry Arbogast

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

Marie Pillet

Charlotte

Jacques Roman

Chevernoy

Philippe Magnan

Baron de Malenval

Maurice Chevit

Le notaire

Marc Berman

Duc de Guines

Philippe du Janerand

Le généalogiste

Isabelle Spade

Baronne de Boisjoli

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Baronne d'Oberkirchner

Nathalie Mann

Comtesse de Blancfagot

Étienne Draber

Vicomte du Closlabbe

Jean-Jacques Le Vessier

Vicomte de Sabran

Nicolas Chagrin

Lord Bolingbroke

Fabien Béhar

Secrétaire du roi

Mirabelle Kirkland

Marie-Antoinette

Antonin Lebas-Joly

Léonard

José Fumanal

L'Officier Duel

Sylvie Herbert

Mère du Ponceludon

Gérard Sergue

Le voleur

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