Film · TMDB
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, Romance
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
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.3/10
8,323 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
80/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 17 nominations total
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Key dates
- Published
- 3 April 1997
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Patrice Leconte
- Composer
- Antoine Duhamel
- Cinematographer
- Thierry Arbogast
- Narrative location
- France
- Duration
- +102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 840528
- Distribution format
Gallery (4)
Connections
Categories
1990s historical drama films1996 drama films1996 films1996 French films1996 French-language filmsBest Film César Award winnersBest Film Lumières Award winnersBest Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award winnersCultural depictions of Louis XVIFilms directed by Patrice LeconteFilms featuring a Best Actor Lumières Award–winning performanceFilms featuring a Best Actress Lumières Award–winning performance