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6.9To 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.
Released: 1996-05-09102 minDir: Patrice LeconteComedy, Drama, RomanceBudget: $3.0MBox office: $2.5M
Cast
- Charles Berling as Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy
- Jean Rochefort as Le Marquis de Bellegarde
- Fanny Ardant as Madame de Blayac
- Judith Godrèche as Mathilde de Bellegarde
- Bernard Giraudeau as L'Abbée de Vilecourt
- Bernard Dhéran as Montalieri
Themes
- court
- bedroom
- painter
- versailles
- duel
- rabbit
- drainage project
- powder
- 18th century
- sign languages
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
8,323 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
80/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 17 nominations total
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