Release DateMay 9, 1996

Runtime1h 42m

StatusReleased

Budget$3M

Revenue$3M

ProductionEpithète Films

LanguagesFrench

6.9

221 votes

Popularity2

Ridicule

"Wit is the ultimate weapon."

To 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.

Patrice Leconte

Charles Berling

Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy

Jean Rochefort

Le Marquis de Bellegarde

Fanny Ardant

Madame de Blayac

Judith Godrèche

Mathilde de Bellegarde

Bernard Giraudeau

L'Abbée de Vilecourt