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Ridicule (French pronunciation:) 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.
Nov 21, 2013 · 182. 59K views 10 years ago. In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman (Charles Berling) soon discovers that survival at court demands both a...
“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.
A travers les aventures de Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy, issu d'une famille d'ancienne noblesse tombée dans la précarite, une étude de la cour de Louis XVI et ses antichambres à Versailles ...
In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman soon discovers that survival at court demands both a razor wit and an acid tongue. — Dawn M. Barclift. 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.
An in-depth review of the film Ridicule (1996) directed by Patrice Leconte, featuring Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant.
