Ridicule

Year: 1996

Runtime: 102 min

Language: French

Director: Patrice Leconte

DramaHistoryComedyRomance

Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy, an aristocratic engineer, seeks to impress King Louis XVI and secure royal funding for a project to drain a swamp. He finds himself embroiled in a battle of wits against the sharp-tongued inhabitants of the French court. To succeed, he must master the art of ridicule, carefully navigating a complex web of social maneuvering and clever insults where reputation and influence hang in the balance.

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