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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.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.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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 20 wins & 17 nominations total
Judith Godrèche
- Mathilde
- (as Judith Godreche)
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- TriviaIt is worth noting the presence of a real historical figure, father Charles Michel de l'Épée. The abbot de l'Épée was one of the first to take an interest in the issue of public education for the deaf, giving priority to sign language as a language of instruction.
- GoofsAround 44 min, when Grégoire is talking with Madame de Blayac, her left hand is touching the table, but in the next shot it's just hanging on the chair's the armrest.
- Quotes
Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy: Peasants feed aristocrats as well as mosquitoes.
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Malicious Wordplay, and Watch Your Back
Ridicule is a French film which takes place in 1783, a few years before Louis XVI lost the ability to wear a hat; where "...in this country, vices are without consequence, but ridicule can kill." The film is about the effect of wit and word play on people's lives and careers. Malicious, mannered and highly enjoyable. Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Giraudeau and Fanny Ardant are excellent. A man would be a fool not to want to bed Ardant, and even more a fool to trust her. The love affair between Berling and his deep-diving sweetheart is amusing and endearing.
The film is sumptuously mounted. The dialogue is so clever a knowledge of French might be in order, but the English subtitles do a superb job of conveying the witty, cruel, self-serving word play.
The film is sumptuously mounted. The dialogue is so clever a knowledge of French might be in order, but the English subtitles do a superb job of conveying the witty, cruel, self-serving word play.
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- Budget
- FRF 50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,979,768
- Gross worldwide
- $1,979,768
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