Ridicule (1996)

★ 6.9/10 102 min Comedy, Drama, Romance France French

Director: Patrice Leconte

Screenplay by: Rémi Waterhouse, Michel Fessler, Eric Vicaut

Streaming: Not available

Wit is the ultimate weapon.

Description

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.

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