Ridicule (1996)

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R | 1 hr 42 mins | Drama, Historical, Period | Released: 11/29/1996 |Box Office Total: $2.5M

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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.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/29/1996

Director	Credit
Patrice Leconte	Director
Cast	Credit
Charles Berling	Ponceludon de Malavoy
Jean Rochefort	Marquis de Bellegrade
Fanny Ardant	Madame de Blayac
Judith Godrèche	Mathilde de Bellegarde
Bernard Giraudeau	Abbot de Vilecourt
Bernard Dheran	Monsieur de Montalieri
Carlo Brandt	Knight de Milletail
Jacques Mathou	Abbot de l'Epee
Urbain Cancelier	Louis XVI
Albert Delpy	Baron de Malenval
Bruno Zanardi	Paul
Marie Pillet	Charlotte
Jacques Roman	Colonel de Chevernoy
Philippe Magnan	Baron de Malenval
Maurice Chevit	The Notary
Jacques-Francois Zeller	Maurepas
Gerard Hardy	Victor
Marc Berman	Duke de Guines
Philippe Dujannerand	The Genealogist
Claude Dereppe	Monsignor d'Artimont
Isabelle Spade	Baroness de Boisjoli
Isabelle Petit-Jacques	Baroness de Oberkirchner
Nathalie Mann	Countess de Blancfagot
Etienne Draber	Viscount du Closlabbe
Fabrice Eberhard	Knight de St Tronchain
Stephane Fourmond	Marquis de Carmes
Jean-Jacques LeVessier	Viscount de Sabran
Lucien Pascal	Monsieur de Blayac
Nicolas Chagrin	Lord Bolingbroke
Fabien Behar	Secretary to the King
Mirabelle Kirkland	Marie-Antoinette
Marie Llano	Leonard's Mother
Antonin Lebas Joly	Leonard
Didier Abot	The Priest
Julien Bukowski	Gentleman
Jose Fumanal	Officer in Duel
Sylvie Herbert	Ponceludon's Mother
Alain Hocine	Le Player
Clementine Buxtorf	The Sister
Boris Napes	The Painter
Gerard Sergue	The Thief
Laurent Valo	Simon
Claire Garguier	Therese
Marine Guez	The Singer
Production Credits	Credit
Gilles Legrand	Producer
Frederic Brillion	Producer
Philippe Carcassonne	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Cinea	Production Company
France 3 Cinéma	Production Company
Investimage 4	Production Company
PROCIREP	Production Company
Gras Savoye	Production Company
Epithete Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Polygram Films International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Miramax Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Miramax Zoe	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Remi Waterhouse	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Virginie Denis	Art Department
Ivan Maussion	Production Designer
Marie Cheminal	Art Department
Jean-Pierre Grandet	Art Department
Michel Mery	Art Department
Pierre Mery	Art Department
Nicolas Raffy	Art Department
Romain Montfort	Art Department
Didier Morlet	Art Department
Gilbert Barade	Art Department
Jean Onno	Art Department
Gerard Soussi	Art Department
Herve Perquer	Art Department
Daniel Pesquer	Art Department
Herve Guignot	Art Department
Jean-Marie Thomas	Art Department
Patrick Bretonniere	Art Department
Jacques Kazandjian	Art Department
Claude Guyon	Art Department
Patrice Fasola	Art Department
Pierre Roger	Art Department
Victor Piazza	Art Department
Paule Bastide	Art Department
Cyrille Bastide	Art Department
Michel-Pierre Boulouiz	Art Department
Film Camera	Credit
Florent Bazin	Camera - camera crew
Catherine Cabrol	Photography - still photographer
Yvan Lucas	Color - color grading
Thierry Arbogast	Director of Photography
Anne Nicolet	Camera - camera crew
Jerome Prebois	Photography - still photographer
Christian Dutac	Color - color grading
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Polygram Films International	Worldwide Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Antoine Duhamel	Composer - music composer
Physical Effects	Credit
Benedicte Follet	Stunts
Remi Canaple	Stunts
Michel Lebranchu	Stunts
Fabrice Couture	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Michele Arnould	Unit Production Manager
Marie Leconte	Continuity - continuity trainee
Emmanuel Legrand	Production Coordinator
Maggie Perlado	Script Supervisor
Sound	Credit
Pascal Chauvin	Sound Effects
Paul Laine	Sound Supervisor
Sylvie Liebeaux	Sound - sound crew
Jean Goudier	Sound Editor
Dominique Hennequin	Sound Mixer
Joel Rangon	Sound - sound crew
Patrick Egreteau	Sound Effects
Gilles Missir	Sound - sound crew
Jean-Louis Lebras	Sound - sound crew
Igor Kirkwood	Sound - sound crew
Didier Lize	Sound - sound crew
Michel Filippi	Sound - sound crew
Isabelle Filippi	Sound - sound crew
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Florence Sadaune	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Christian Gasc	Costume Designer
Judith Gayo	Makeup
John Nollet	Hairdresser
Mario Messere	Hairdresser - hairdresser department
Stephanie Lemaire	Makeup - makeup department
Piercarlo Foddis	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Edwige Morel D'Arleux	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Jean-Christopher Roger	Makeup - makeup department
Cecilia Svahn	Hairdresser - hairdresser department
Liliane Delers	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Ginette Arbogast	Makeup - makeup department
Daniele Beugin	Hairdresser - hairdresser department
Michele Constantinides	Makeup - makeup department
Tourya Ibnou-Ennadre	Hairdresser - hairdresser department
Laurence Guindollet	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Jocelyne Lucas	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Marc Villeneuve	Hairdresser - hairdresser department
Corinne Corbeaux	Hairdresser - hairdresser department
Maxine Chriqui	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Lionel Hermouet	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Claire Alix	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Nathalie Caussie	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Mine Barral-Vergez	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Jacques Beaujoin	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Joyun Gonnet	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Bernadette Saccage	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Gaetan Leudiere	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Adelaide Gosselin	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Astride Taissac	Wardrobe - wardrobe department
Hubert Delers	Wardrobe - wardrobe department

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