Ridicule

E1033198

Ridicule is a 1996 French period drama film that satirizes the decadence and cruelty of pre-Revolutionary Versailles society through the story of a provincial nobleman navigating its witty but ruthless court.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ridicule canonical 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French film
film
period drama film
satirical film
awardReceived César Award for Best Costume Design NERFINISHED
César Award for Best Director NERFINISHED
César Award for Best Film NERFINISHED
César Award for Best Original Screenplay NERFINISHED
castMember Albert Delpy NERFINISHED
Bernard Giraudeau NERFINISHED
Carlo Brandt NERFINISHED
Charles Berling NERFINISHED
Fanny Ardant NERFINISHED
François Levantal NERFINISHED
Jacques Mathou NERFINISHED
Jean Rochefort NERFINISHED
Jean Yanne NERFINISHED
Judith Godrèche NERFINISHED
Philippe Laudenbach NERFINISHED
Urbain Cancelier NERFINISHED
Vincent de Bouard NERFINISHED
cinematographer Thierry Arbogast NERFINISHED
composer Antoine Duhamel NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
depicts court of Louis XVI
director Patrice Leconte NERFINISHED
distributor Miramax Films
editor Joëlle Hache NERFINISHED
filmRatingFrance U
genre drama film
historical film
satire
hasTheme class inequality
power of language and wit
social satire
languageOfWork French
mainCharacter Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus cruelty of courtly wit and ridicule
decadence of pre-Revolutionary French aristocracy
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED
originalLanguage French
producer Philippe Carcassonne NERFINISHED
productionCompany Lazennec Films NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation provincial nobleman
releaseDate 1996-04-10
releaseYear 1996
runtimeMinutes 102
screenwriter Eric Vicaut NERFINISHED
Michel Fessler NERFINISHED
Rémi Waterhouse NERFINISHED
settingCountry France NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 18th century
settingPlace Versailles NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Berling notableWork Ridicule
Fanny Ardant notableWork Ridicule