Ridicule

May 9, 1996

1h 42m

★ 7.0

Wit is the ultimate weapon.

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Epithète Films

Ridicule Trailers

Cast

Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy

Charles Berling

Le Marquis de Bellegarde

Jean Rochefort

Madame de Blayac

Fanny Ardant

Mathilde de Bellegarde

Judith Godrèche

L'Abbée de Vilecourt

Bernard Giraudeau

Montalieri

Bernard Dhéran

Milletail

Carlo Brandt

Abbé de l'Épée

Jacques Mathou

Louis XVI

Urbain Cancelier

Baron de Guéret

Albert Delpy

Paul

Bruno Zanardi

Charlotte

Marie Pillet

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