Ridicule | |
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Directed by | Patrice Leconte |
Screenplay by | Rémi Waterhouse Michel Fessler Eric Vicaut |
Produced by | Frédéric Brillion Philippe Carcassonne Gilles Legrand Ranvijay Patwardhan |
Starring | Charles Berling Jean Rochefort Fanny Ardant Judith Godrèche |
Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
Music by | Antoine Duhamel |
Distributed by | PolyGram Film Distribution[1] |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $7.7 million [2] |
Box office | $20 million[citation needed] |
Ridicule (French pronunciation: [ʁidikyl]) is a 1996 French period drama film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant and Judith Godrèche. Set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles, where social status can rise and fall based on one's ability to mete out witty insults and avoid ridicule oneself, the film's plot examines the social injustices of late 18th-century France, in showing the corruption and callousness of the aristocrats. Ridicule was selected as France's submission and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards.