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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Movie1996·102 min
Ridicule
Directed by Patrice Leconte
An Oscar-nominated comedy drama film directed by Patrice Leconte.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 27%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.9/10
227 ratings
About Ridicule
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Bittersweet (4 of 9)
- Intensity
- Moderate (4 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Funny (6 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Stylized, Contemplative
- Story Tags
- ambition hubris, corruption power, social injustice, 18th 19th century, politics, grand estate, paris, rivals, romantic partners, outsider misfit, everyman, fish out of water, con deception, forbidden star crossed