Ridicule
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Patrice Leconte
Charles Berling
Jean Rochefort
Fanny Ardant
Judith Godrèche
Bernard Giraudeau
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the age of Louix XVI, a modest country engineer traveled to Versailles with a plan to save the people of his village from an epidemic by asking the king to subsidize a swamp drainage system. He thought he would persuade the palace with logic, reason, and an appeal to human decency. He was wrong. To succeed in this court, he'll have to learn to dress, to dance, to scheme, to seduce--and above all, he'll learn that wit is the ultimate weapon. In this strange world of decadence, where fortunes and power change hands overnight, where men are made and ruined in an instant, the key to survival is avoiding the ultimate disgrace: ridicule. In a place where even the slightest misstep can be fatal, he'll have to focus every ounce of energy on extracting royal favor. The one thing he must not do... is fall in love.
Director
Patrice Leconte
Cast
Charles Berling
Jean Rochefort
Fanny Ardant
Judith Godrèche
Bernard Giraudeau
Bernard Dheran
Carlo Brandt
Jacques Mathou
Urbain Cancelier
Albert Delpy
Bruno Zanardi
Marie Pillet
Jacques Roman
Philippe Magnan
Maurice Chevit
Jacques-francois Zeller
Gerard Hardy
Marc Berman
Philippe Dujannerand
Claude Dereppe
Isabelle Spade
Isabelle Petit-jacques
Nathalie Mann
Etienne Draber
Fabrice Eberhard
Stephane Fourmond
Jean-jacques Levessier
Lucien Pascal
Nicolas Chagrin
Fabien Behar
Mirabelle Kirkland
Marie Llano
Antonin Lebas Joly
Didier Abot
Julien Bukowski
Jose Fumanal
Sylvie Herbert
Alain Hocine
Clementine Buxtorf
Boris Napes
Gerard Sergue
Laurent Valo
Claire Garguier
Marine Guez
Crew
Didier Abot
Guy Adoh
Claire Alix
Ginette Arbogast
Thierry Arbogast
Michele Arnould
Ariel Askenazi
Eric Aupetit
Gregoire Barachin
Gilbert Barade
Mine Barral-vergez
Cyrille Bastide
Paule Bastide
Florent Bazin
Jacques Beaujoin
Delphine Berger
Mathieu Bernard
Daniele Beugin
Jean-christophe Bocle
Tahar Boualam
Michel-pierre Boulouiz
Patrick Bretonniere
Frederic Brillion
Fanchon Brule
Mathilde Butor
Catherine Cabrol
Remi Canaple
Philippe Carcassonne
Nathalie Caussie
Pascal Chauvin
Patricia Chauvin
Marie Cheminal
Maxine Chriqui
Michele Constantinides
Corinne Corbeaux
Bruno Coulon
Fabrice Couture
Edwige Morel D'arleux
Hubert Delers
Liliane Delers
Virginie Denis
Antoine Duhamel
Christian Dutac
Patrick Egreteau
Patrice Fasola
Brigitte Faure
Isabelle Filippi
Michel Filippi
Piercarlo Foddis
Benedicte Follet
Michel Ganz
Christian Gasc
Stephanie Gaurier
Judith Gayo
Anne Gilles
Joyun Gonnet
Adelaide Gosselin
Jean Goudier
Jean-pierre Grandet
Herve Guignot
Laurence Guindollet
Claude Guyon
Joelle Hache
Dominique Hennequin
Lionel Hermouet
Claude Hirch
Tourya Ibnou-ennadre
Loic Jouan
Guy Jouannet
Raphael Jourdan
Jacques Kazandjian
Igor Kirkwood
Paul Laine
Michel Lebranchu
Jean-louis Lebras
Marie Leconte
Emmanuel Legrand
Gilles Legrand
Stephanie Lemaire
Gaetan Leudiere
Sylvie Liebeaux
Didier Lize
Jocelyne Lucas
Yvan Lucas
Laurent Malek
Ivan Maussion
Pierre Medalin
Michel Mery
Pierre Mery
Mario Messere
Gilles Missir
Romain Montfort
Pascal Morisset
Didier Morlet
Manuel Mougin
Anne Nicolet
John Nollet
Fred North
Cecilia Nystrom
Jean Onno
Maggie Perlado
Herve Perquer
Luis Perralta
Daniel Pesquer
Victor Piazza
Jerome Prebois
Nicolas Raffy
Joel Rangon
Charlet Recors
Michel Revest
Dominique Ricou
Jean-christopher Roger
Pierre Roger
Bernadette Saccage
Florence Sadaune
Roland Savoye
Denis Scozzesi
Myriam Segall
Josephine Sourdel
Gerard Soussi
Karine Spreuzkouski
Bettina Strainchamps
Sandrine Strauss
Cecilia Svahn
Astride Taissac
Stephanie Teillet
Jean-marie Thomas
Jean-marc Tostivint
Roland Vallet
Sylvie Van Der Vorm
Marc Villeneuve
Remi Waterhouse
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 1997 David Award, Italy's equivalent of the Oscar, for Best Foreign Film.
Winner of 1996 Cesar Award for Best Picture and Best Director (co-winner with Bertrand Tavernier for "Capitaine Conan").
Winner of the 1996 award for Best Foreign Film from the National Board of Review.
Winner of the 1996 award for Best Foreign Language Film from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Winner of the Golden Hugo at the 1996 Chicago International Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall November 27, 1996
Expanded Release in United States December 6, 1996
Expanded Release in United States December 13, 1996
Expanded Release in United States December 20, 1996
Released in United States on Video June 24, 1997
Released in United States August 1996
Released in United States September 1996
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States November 1996
Released in United States October 2006
Shown at Drambuie Edinburgh Film Festival August 11-25, 1996.
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 6-19, 1996.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 10-20, 1996.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Contemporary International Cinema) East Hampton, New York October 16-20, 1996.
Shown at London Film Festival November 7-24, 1996.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Special Program - Contemporary French Auteurs) October 12-20, 2006.
Re-released in France February 5, 1997.
Released in United States Fall November 27, 1996
Expanded Release in United States December 6, 1996
Expanded Release in United States December 13, 1996
Expanded Release in United States December 20, 1996
Released in United States on Video June 24, 1997
Released in United States August 1996 (Shown at Drambuie Edinburgh Film Festival August 11-25, 1996.)
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown at Boston Film Festival September 6-19, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 10-20, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Contemporary International Cinema) East Hampton, New York October 16-20, 1996.)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Special Program - Contemporary French Auteurs) October 12-20, 2006.)
Released in United States November 1996 (Shown at London Film Festival November 7-24, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (European Union Film Showcase) October 18-31, 1996.)
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