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Ridicule

1996 · 102 min

A sharp, elegant costume drama where verbal duels crackle with danger and the opulent court feels both dazzling and suffocating.

Tagline
Wit is the ultimate weapon.
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • corruption
  • power
  • love
  • justice
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Patrice Leconte
Written by
Michel Fessler, Rémi Waterhouse, Eric Vicaut
Starring
Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche, Bernard Giraudeau, Bernard Dhéran, Carlo Brandt, Jacques Mathou
Music
Antoine Duhamel
Cinematography
Thierry Arbogast
Runtime
102 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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