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Ridicule (1996)

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User Rating: 7.3/10 (2,863 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Patrice Leconte
Writers:
Rémi Waterhouse (writer) and
Michel Fessler (writer) ...
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Release Date:
22 November 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Il n'epargne personne. more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 15 wins & 12 nominations more
User Comments:
Malicious Wordplay, and Watch Your Back more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
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 ... Monsieur de Montalieri
Carlo Brandt ... Le Chevalier de Milletail
Jacques Mathou ... Abbé de l'Epée
Urbain Cancelier ... Le Roi 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
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for graphic nudity, some sexuality and brief violence.
Runtime:
102 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
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Company:
Canal+ more

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Trivia:
Opening film at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. more
Quotes:
Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy: Peasants feed aristocrats as well as mosquitoes. more

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16 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Malicious Wordplay, and Watch Your Back, 3 August 2004
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Author: Terrell-4 from San Antonio, Texas

Ridicule is a French film which takes place in 1783, a few years before Louis XVI lost the ability to wear a hat; where "...in this country, vices are without consequence, but ridicule can kill." The film is about the effect of wit and word play on people's lives and careers. Malicious, mannered and highly enjoyable. Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Giraudeau and Fanny Ardant are excellent. A man would be a fool not to want to bed Ardant, and even more a fool to trust her. The love affair between Berling and his deep-diving sweetheart is amusing and endearing.

The film is sumptuously mounted. The dialogue is so clever a knowledge of French might be in order, but the English subtitles do a superb job of conveying the witty, cruel, self-serving word play.

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