If you loved French Fried Vacation, try Ridicule
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Ridicule has roughly 4.3× fewer votes than French Fried Vacation — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Patrice Leconte, and they both carry the outsider, playful mood tags, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to French Fried Vacation, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Ridicule is
It takes a noble to get drained. A poor French lord seeks royal support for a drainage project. Courtly games are a real drain on him.
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