Ridicule

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7.3/10

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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.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

8.4K

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 20 wins & 17 nominations total

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Trivia
It 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.

Goofs
Around 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.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: 101 Dalmatians/Hype!/The Crucible/Palookaville/Ridicule (1996)

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10/10

Best French film of the 1990's

This is a very very intelligent movie. From a historical point of view, it's perfect! It shows how cruel and vain the French noblesse was before the French Revolution of 1789, and why this country had a revolution! It's also a fantastic movie for the beauty of the French language. Actors are fabulous, with Berling, Rochefort and Ardant. For me, French cinema is always at it's peak when they're doing comedy of historical movies, like this one, or Beaumarchais l'insolent, Marquise, or Cyrano de Bergerac. By the way, I'd like to tell Thefan-2 of Detroit that the Ridicule of the title don't mean Ridiculous. In the Renaissance French language, it means Hard. And that's what is facing Berling, when he wants to get in touch the king to help the poor people of his land.