Ridicule
Summary: 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.
Release Date: November 22, 1996
Director:
Patrice Leconte
Runtime: 1 h 42 min
MPAA: R
Production: Epithète Films, Cinéa, France 3 Cinéma, PolyGram Audiovisuel, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Gras Savoye, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Distributor: Miramax
Movie budget: $ 50,000,000
Domestic: $ 1,979,768
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