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  1. Ridicule. (film) Ridicule ( French pronunciation: [ʁidikyl]) is a 1996 French period drama film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant and Judith Godrèche. Set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles, where social status can rise and fall based on one's ability to mete out witty ...

  2. Nov 22, 1996 · Ridicule: Directed by Patrice Leconte. With Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche. 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.

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    • Comedy, Drama, History
    • Patrice Leconte
    • 1996-11-22
  3. Nov 21, 2013 · In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman (Charles Berling) soon discovers that survival at court demands both a razor wit and...

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  4. Dec 6, 1996 · Imagine a time when all compliments are two-faced, when every truth is tinged with irony, when insults are the currency of humor. We have more in common with the 18th century than we might imagine. “Ridicule” is a movie that takes place at the court of Louis XVI, circa 1783, but its values would be at home around the Algonquin Round Table, or in modern comedy clubs. Wit is all. Sincerity ...

  5. Brief Synopsis. Read More. In the age of Louix XVI, a modest country engineer traveled to Versailles with a plan to save the people of his village from an epidemic by asking the king to subsidize a swamp drainage system. He thought he would persuade the palace with logic, reason, and an appeal to human decency.

    • Patrice Leconte
    • Charles Berling
  6. Moved by the difficulties faced by peasants living in the mosquito-ridden swamplands near Lyon, aristocratic engineer Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) devises a plan to ...

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  7. Ridicule (1996) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Oscars SXSW Film Festival Women's History Month STARmeter Awards ...

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