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Release Date: 1996

Cast: Jean Rochefort, Jacques Roman, Bernard Dhéran, Fanny Ardant, Carlo Brandt, Bernard Giraudeau, Jacques Mathou, Marie Pillet, Philippe Magnan, Urbain Cancelier, Albert Delpy, Jacques-Francois Zeller ...MORE

Cast: Jean Rochefort, Jacques Roman, Bernard Dhéran, Fanny Ardant, Carlo Brandt, Bernard Giraudeau, Jacques Mathou, Marie Pillet, Philippe Magnan, Urbain Cancelier, Albert Delpy, Jacques-Francois Zeller, Charles Berling, Judith Godrèche, Maurice Chevit, Bruno Zanardi ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Romantic comedy, World cinema, Comedy of manners, Comedy, Period piece, Romantic drama, Romance Film

Ridicule (French pronunciation: [ʁidikyl]) is a 1996 French film set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles, where social status can rise and fall based on one's ability to mete out witty insults and avoid ridicule oneself. The story critiques the social injustices of late 18th century France, in showing the corruption and callousness of the aristocrats. The film begins with an aristocrat later shown to be the Chevalier de Milletail (Carlo Brandt) visiting the elderly, ailing Monsieur de Blayac (Lucien Pascal), confined to his chair. He taunts him about his past prowess... MORE

Ridicule (French pronunciation: [ʁidikyl]) is a 1996 French film set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles, where social status can rise and fall based on one's ability to mete out witty insults and avoid ridicule oneself. The story critiques the social injustices of late 18th century France, in showing the corruption and callousness of the aristocrats. The film begins with an aristocrat later shown to be the Chevalier de Milletail (Carlo Brandt) visiting the elderly, ailing Monsieur de Blayac (Lucien Pascal), confined to his chair. He taunts him about his past prowess in wit and reminds him of how he humiliated him, naming him "Marquis de Clatterbang" when he fell over while dancing. He then proceeds to take his revenge by urinating on the helpless old man. The film then shifts to the Dombes, a boggy region north of Lyon. The Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) is a minor aristocrat and engineer. He is one of the few aristocrats who care about the plight of the peasants. Horrified by the sickness and death caused by the disease-carrying mosquitoes that infest the swamps, he has drawn up plans to drain them; however, the project is far too LESS