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6.9To 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.
Released: 1996-05-09102 minDir: Patrice LeconteComedy, Drama, RomanceBudget: $3.0MBox office: $2.5M
Cast
- Charles Berling as Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy
- Jean Rochefort as Le Marquis de Bellegarde
- Fanny Ardant as Madame de Blayac
- Judith Godrèche as Mathilde de Bellegarde
- Bernard Giraudeau as L'Abbée de Vilecourt
- Bernard Dhéran as Montalieri
Themes
- court
- bedroom
- painter
- versailles
- duel
- rabbit
- drainage project
- powder
- 18th century
- sign languages
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
8,323 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
80/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 17 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 840528
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- publication date
- 1997-04-03
- title
- Ridicule
- review score
- 80%
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Categories
1990s historical drama films1996 drama films1996 films1996 French films1996 French-language filmsBest Film César Award winnersBest Film Lumières Award winnersBest Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award winnersCultural depictions of Louis XVIFilms directed by Patrice LeconteFilms featuring a Best Actor Lumières Award–winning performanceFilms featuring a Best Actress Lumières Award–winning performanceFilms produced by Philippe CarcassonneFilms scored by Antoine DuhamelFilms set in 1794Films set in FranceFilms set in the 1780sFilms shot at the Palace of VersaillesFilms whose director won the Best Director César AwardFrench historical drama filmsFrench-language historical drama filmsFrench Revolution filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date