May 09, 1996
102 min
Full-HD

Ridicule (1996)

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.

Category

Comedy Drama Romance

Country

France

Companies

Epithète Films

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

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