Charles Berling
Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy
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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.
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
Dec 6, 1996 · “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 is an embarrassment. The movie tells the story of a provincial baron with a scientific cast of mind.
Moved by the difficulties faced by peasants living in the mosquito-ridden swamplands near Lyon, aristocratic engineer Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles...
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- Patrice Leconte
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- Charles Berling
Under the reign of Louis XVI, poor French lord Gregoire learns to master the art of wit in the court of Versailles in order for the king to fund his drainage project. Along the way, he immerses himself in a world where wit and genealogy can make or break one's reputation... — Eric.
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Mystery & suspense. Ridicule is a 1996 French period drama film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant and Judith Godrèche.
Ridicule, Patrice Leconte's lavish portrait of decay and decadence in pre-revolutionary France, is among the director's most ambitious and acclaimed films, a supremely well-crafted historical piece that serves as an acerbic commentary on the prevailing social conditions in present day France.
