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Ridicule

Ridicule (1996)

Drama | 102 minutes
3,11 37 votes
1 comment

Genre: Drama

Duration: 102 minuten

Country: France

Directed by: Patrice Leconte

Stars: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort and Fanny Ardant

IMDb score: 7,3 (8.596)

Releasedate: 9 May 1996

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Ridicule plot

"Wit is the ultimate weapon."

Versailles, 1780 at the court of Louis XVI. Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy comes to court. He wants to ask the emperor to invest money in one of his projects. He has devised an ingenious plan to drain the swamps and thus prevent diseases. He has a little hope that the Emperor will find this an interesting project. Grégoire finds out that corruption is rampant and will have to find another way to get the Emperor's attention.

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Charles Berling Charles Berling

Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy

Jean Rochefort Jean Rochefort

Le Marquis de Bellegarde

Fanny Ardant Fanny Ardant

Madame de Blayac

Judith Godrèche Judith Godrèche

Mathilde de Bellegarde

Bernard Giraudeau Bernard Giraudeau

L'Abbée de Vilecourt

Bernard Dhéran Bernard Dhéran

Montalieri

Carlo Brandt Carlo Brandt

Milletail

Jacques Mathou Jacques Mathou

Abbé de l'Épée

Urbain Cancelier Urbain Cancelier

Louis XVI

Albert Delpy Albert Delpy

Baron de Guéret

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Movsin

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17 January 2011 at 14:09

Atmospheric sketch of life at and around the court of Louis XVI, where favoritism and corruption, strikebreaking and frivolities made up everyday life and where only the word "esprit" counted and the value of the noble depended on his ability to write rhymes and puns. forms. The film is thus a successful indictment of the attitude of these rulers, their disinterest in human problems, their plain ridiculous existence and proof that the Revolution was inevitable.

Handsome movie.

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