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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.
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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.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama, Romance
Written By:Rémi Waterhouse, Michel Fessler, Eric Vicaut
In Theaters:11/22/1996
Box Office:$2,503,829
Runtime:102 minutes
Studio:Epithète Films
Cast
Patrice Leconte
Director
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
Bruno Zanardi
Paul
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