Keswick Film Festival

Sunday 25th March 5:30 PM

Ridicule

Director: Patrice Leconte Country: France
Cert: PG Year: 1996 Length: 102 minsLanguage: French
Spring 2001
Ridicule

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The story of pre-Revolutionary Versailles and how aristocratic courtiers gained political advancement through the ridiculing of others. Provincial hydrologist, de Malavoy (Berling), soon learns that his sharp wit may gain him the ear of the king and so royal sponsorship of his marsh-draining scheme. Leconte's finest?

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An intellectual treat for those who think, a cruel comedy for those who feel
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Alexander Walker, Evening Standard





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