Ridicule
Wit is the ultimate weapon.
6.9(225) 1996-05-09 102 minComedyDramaRomance
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.
ScreenplayEric Vicaut
DirectorPatrice Leconte
ScreenplayMichel Fessler
ProducerPhilippe Carcassonne
Original Music ComposerAntoine Duhamel
ProducerGilles Legrand
ProducerFrédéric Brillion
ScreenplayRémi Waterhouse
Cast & characters
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
Carlo Brandt
as Milletail
Jacques Mathou
as Abbé de l'Épée
Urbain Cancelier
as Louis XVI
Albert Delpy
as Baron de Guéret
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Bruno Zanardi
as Paul
Marie Pillet
as Charlotte
Jacques Roman
as Chevernoy
Philippe Magnan
as Baron de Malenval
Maurice Chevit
as Le notaire
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Jacques François Zeller
as Maurepas
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Gérard Hardy
as Victor
Marc Berman
as Duc de Guines
Philippe du Janerand
as Le généalogiste
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Claude Dereppe
as Mgr d'Artimont
Isabelle Spade
as Baronne de Boisjoli
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
as Baronne d'Oberkirchner
Nathalie Mann
as Comtesse de Blancfagot
Étienne Draber
as Vicomte du Closlabbe
