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Ridicule (1996)
Directed by Patrice Leconte
“Wit is the ultimate weapon.”
Comedy, Drama, Romance · 1h 42m
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.
Cast
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
Urbain Cancelier
Louis XVI
Albert Delpy
Baron de Guéret
B
Bruno Zanardi
Paul
Marie Pillet
Charlotte
Crew
- Director
- Patrice Leconte
- Screenplay
- Eric Vicaut, Michel Fessler, Rémi Waterhouse
- Director of Photography
- Thierry Arbogast
- Original Music Composer
- Antoine Duhamel
- Editor
- Joëlle Hache
- Producer
- Philippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand, Frédéric Brillion
Details
- Release date
- 1996-05-09
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Epithète Films
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $2,503,829