Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the César Award for Best Costume Design (1997)
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (1997)
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Box office
Grossed $2.5M worldwide against a $3M budget
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Setting
Set in France
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Music
Music by Antoine Duhamel
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Thierry Arbogast
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Michel FesslerScreenplay
- Rémi WaterhouseScreenplay
- Eric VicautScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 9, 1996
- Original language
- French
- Budget
- $3M
- Revenue
- $2.5M
- Countries
- France
Production
Cast
Charles BerlingLe Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy
Jean RochefortLe Marquis de Bellegarde
Fanny ArdantMadame de Blayac
Judith GodrècheMathilde de Bellegarde
Bernard GiraudeauL'Abbée de Vilecourt
Bernard DhéranMontalieri
Carlo BrandtMilletail
Jacques MathouAbbé de l'Épée
Urbain CancelierLouis XVI
Albert DelpyBaron de Guéret- Bruno ZanardiPaul
Marie PilletCharlotte
Jacques RomanChevernoy
Philippe MagnanBaron de Malenval
Maurice ChevitLe notaire- Jacques François ZellerMaurepas
- Gérard HardyVictor
Marc BermanDuc de Guines
Philippe du JanerandLe généalogiste- Claude DereppeMgr d'Artimont
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