Ridicule
“Wit is the ultimate weapon.”
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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Charles Berling
Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy
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Jean Rochefort
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Fanny Ardant
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Judith Godrèche
Mathilde de Bellegarde
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Bernard Giraudeau
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Bernard Dhéran
Montalieri
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Carlo Brandt
Milletail
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Jacques Mathou
Abbé de l'Épée
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Betty Blue
Urbain Cancelier
Louis XVI
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Albert Delpy
Baron de Guéret
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Deerskin
Bruno Zanardi
Paul
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Marie Pillet
Charlotte
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Patrice Leconte Director · Michel Fessler Screenplay Rémi Waterhouse Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $3M · United States release November 22, 1996
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,503,829
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Epithète Films
Production
Miramax
Studio
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 9, 1996
Theatrical
United States · November 22, 1996
Theatrical
Czechia
August 1, 1998 · Physical
France
October 24, 1997 · TV · Canal+
December 7, 1998 · TV · France•3
July 23, 2026 · TV · T18
Germany
April 3, 1997 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 7, 1997 · Theatrical
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