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.
DirectorPatrice Leconte
ProducersPhilippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand, Frédéric Brillion
ScreenplayMichel Fessler, Rémi Waterhouse, Eric Vicaut
Top Casts
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
Bernard Dhéran
Montalieri
Carlo Brandt
Milletail
Jacques Mathou
Abbé de l'Épée
Urbain Cancelier
Louis XVI
Albert Delpy
Baron de Guéret
Details
LanguageFrench
Production companiesEpithète Films
Budget3000000
TaglineWit is the ultimate weapon.
