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Ridicule [1996]
from Second Sight Films Ltd.
starring Fanny Ardant, Charles Berling, Bernard Giraudeau, Judith Godreche, Jean Rochefort
directed by Patrice Leconte

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL
• Widescreen

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Literate and wicked
  Ridicule is a French film which takes place in 1783, a few years before Louis XVI lost the ability to wear a hat; where "...in this country, vices are without consequence, but ridicule can kill." The film is about the effect of wit and word play on people's lives and careers. Malicious, mannered and highly enjoyable. Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Giraudeau and Fanny Ardant are excellent. A man would be a fool not to want to bed Ardant, and even more a fool to trust her.
  The film is... more info

• Delicious period piece
  Well, it is.
  'Ridicule' is one of those lovely films to be enjoyed again and again. It's amusing, clever, and the period look is ravishing.
  The performances are of the highest calibre, and the screenplay is one of those rare piece of screenwriting that doesn't take the audience for half-wits.
  Especially worthy of note is the scene in which English 'Humour' (or 'Humah') is described at great length.
  It won't change the world in the way that the French Revolution did, but it's none... more info

• "Wit opens any door."
  Sometimes with movie distribution, as with humour, timing is everything. Patrice Leconte's Ridicule is a long way from the best work from almost anyone involved, yet still proved a major arthouse success outside France, picking up Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Foreign Film, winning a BAFTA as well as a nomination for the Palme D'Or at Cannes and winning four Cesars, including Best Film and Best Director, as well as another eight nominations in France itself. All of which leaves you with the... more info

• Excellent and unusual costume drama
  "Ridicule" combines a wickedly funny script, a superb cast and sumptuous period detail to deliver a fine example of French costume drama. The basic story concerns an earnest but impoverished nobleman from a remote province who travels to Versailles to seek the support of King Louis XVI in draining the disease-ridden swamps which are killing his peasants. This honest man quickly finds that the main way of gaining the King's ear is not the justice of his cause, but the sharpness of his verbal repartee in the... more info

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