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Ridicule - DVD

SKU: 6095003 | Release Date: 1/13/2004
Rating: R for Sexual Situations, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor

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Rating
R for Sexual Situations, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor
Format
DVD
Theatrical Release
1996
Length
103 minutes
Screen Formats
Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre
General Dramas
Studio
Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio
2.35:1

Synopsis

This is a French costume drama from director Patrice Leconte that recalls both Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Restoration (1995). Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) is a baron of the 18th century French countryside, wealthy in property and high in social position but poor in cash. Local peasants -- dependent upon his largesse for their income -- are in poor health, the result of a festering marsh that, if drained, could solve the villagers' illnesses and create valuable farmland. Ponceludon travels to Versailles to plead his case before King Louis XVI. There, he is informed that he has no chance of success unless he can impress the court with his verbal prowess, for the king and his minions value banter, preferably of the ironic, cruel, and insulting variety, above all else. Under the tutelage of the Marquis de Bellegarde (Jean Rochefort), Ponceludon discovers that his sober, blunt honesty can be mistaken for a skewering wit. Though the baron falls for his mentor's science-minded daughter Mathilde (Judith Godreche), he's forced to woo the politically powerful Madame de Blayac (Fanny Ardant). Ridicule (1996) opened the 1996 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Version Details

Languages/Sound
Fre
Screen Formats
Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Subtitle Languages
Eng
Additional Features
cc [None specified]
Chapters
Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits: "Wit Was King" [4:04]
2. To Versailles [5:07]
3. Grandly Ignored [6:39]
4. The Value of Wit [8:48]
5. Arranging a Marriage [4:37]
6. Great Successes [6:18]
7. Vital Instincts [4:11]
8. Competing in Verse [5:28]
9. Timely Aid [5:13]
10. Before the King [4:41]
11. The Demands of Courtesy [3:32]
12. A Dinner of Ridicule [6:05]
13. Running From Love? [3:27]
14. Appealing to God [5:17]
15. Returning to Court [7:10]
16. Demanding Satisfaction [5:11]
17. The Duel [4:49]
18. The Red Beak [7:22]
19. The Death of Wit [1:38]
20. End Credits [2:46]

Cast

  • Fanny Ardant - Madame de Blayac
  • Jean-Claude Brialy
  • Carlo Brandt
  • Jacque Mathou
  • Jacques Roman
  • Marie Pillet
  • Jean Rochefort - Marquis de Bellegarde
  • Urbain Cancelier
  • Bernard Dheran - Montalieri
  • Albert Delpy
  • Charles Berling - Ponceludon de Malavoy
  • Bernard Giraudeau - L'Abbe de Vilecourt
  • Judith Godreche - Mathilde de Bellegarde
  • Judith Godrèche - Mathilde de Bellegarde
  • Judith Godrëche - Mathilde de Bellegarde

Crew

  • Editor: Joëlle Hache
  • Director: Patrice Leconte
  • Production Designer: Ivan Maussion
  • Sound/Sound Designer: Paul Lainé ,Dominique Hennequin
  • Cinematographer: Thierry Arbogast
  • Producer: Philippe Carcassonne
  • Composer (Music Score): Antoine Duhamel
  • Songwriter: Antoine Duhamel
  • Costume Designer: Christian Gasc
  • Producer: Frederic Brillion
  • Screenwriter: Eric Vicaut ,Remi Waterhouse
  • Art Director: Manuel Mougin
  • Producer: Gilles Legrand
  • Screenwriter: Michel Fessler

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