# Ridicule (1996)

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**Runtime**: 102 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Patrice Leconte
**Written by**: Michel Fessler, Eric Vicaut, Rémi Waterhouse
**Starring**: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche, Bernard Giraudeau, Bernard Dhéran

> *Wit is the ultimate weapon.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider

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