Film
Ridicule
1996 · 1h 42m · Comedy · Drama · Romance
Wit is the ultimate weapon.
- IMDb
- 7.3
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 81%
- Metacritic
- 80
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Overview
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.
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
Bruno Zanardi
Paul
Marie Pillet
Charlotte
Jacques Roman
Chevernoy
Philippe Magnan
Baron de Malenval
Maurice Chevit
Le notaire
Jacques François Zeller
Maurepas
Crew
- Patrice LeconteDirector
- Rémi WaterhouseScreenplay
- Michel FesslerScreenplay
- Eric VicautScreenplay
- Frédéric BrillionProducer
- Philippe CarcassonneProducer
- Gilles LegrandProducer
- Thierry ArbogastDirector of Photography
- Antoine DuhamelOriginal Music Composer
- Joëlle HacheEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 9, 1996
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- TP
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Revenue
- $2,503,829
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
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