Ridicule

Name: Ridicule
Director: Patrice Leconte
Released: 1996
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche, Bernard Giraudeau

1996 · 102 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 8,363 VOTES · DIR. Patrice Leconte

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,090 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:18 Do you remember me?

00:07:44 Milletail!

00:11:10 I have come to Versailles to seek aid for this drainage project.

00:14:35 to write a study, and I will circulate it.

00:17:58 I'm playing piquet with such dull people!

00:20:41 A land of swamps and disease.

00:23:34 How could I forget?

00:27:48 She didn't recognize me yesterday.

00:31:09 We've always had it.

00:35:14 ''Befat''?

00:40:54 Verse form?

00:44:50 but how do I move forward?

00:48:00 How convoluted...

00:52:30 Make no mistakes!

00:58:18 He'll be fine.

01:01:52 I propose a contest.

01:05:21 Why give them up?

01:08:55 From the pond?

01:12:26 The soul of wit is to know one's place.

01:17:35 Socrates said...

01:21:31 They say you have great wit.

01:25:13 Ponceludon...

01:30:40 The countess will be avenged.

01:36:22 Whose turn is next?

Cast & Characters

Charles Berling Ponceludon Jean Rochefort Bellegarde Fanny Ardant Mme de Blayac Judith Godrèche Mathilde Bernard Giraudeau Vilecourt Bernard Dhéran Montalieri Carlo Brandt Milletail Jacques Mathou Abbé de l'Epée Urbain Cancelier Louis XVI Albert Delpy Baron de Guéret

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,090

Dialogue density10.7 lines / min

First line00:01:18

Final line01:36:22

Production Record

DirectorPatrice Leconte

LanguageFrench

Budget$3,000,000

Revenue$2,503,829

IMDb votes8,363