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May 9, 1996
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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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Directors
Patrice Leconte
Revenue
$2,503,829
Budget
$3,000,000
Vote Average
7.0
Vote Count
201
Popularity
11
Language
Français
Origin Country
FR
Cast
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
Marie Pillet
Charlotte
Jacques Roman
Chevernoy
Philippe Magnan
Baron de Malenval
Maurice Chevit
Le notaire
Jacques François Zeller
Maurepas
Gérard Hardy
Victor
Marc Berman
Duc de Guines
Philippe du Janerand
Le généalogiste
Claude Dereppe
Mgr d'Artimont
Isabelle Spade
Baronne de Boisjoli
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
Baronne d'Oberkirchner
Nathalie Mann
Comtesse de Blancfagot
Étienne Draber
Vicomte du Closlabbe
Fabrice Eberhard
Chevalier de St Tronchain
Stéphane Fourmond
Marquis de Carmes
Jean-Jacques Le Vessier
Vicomte de Sabran
Lucien Pascal
Monsieur de Blayac
Nicolas Chagrin
Lord Bolingbroke
Fabien Béhar
Secrétaire du roi
Mirabelle Kirkland
Marie-Antoinette
Marie Llano
Mère de Léonard
Antonin Lebas-Joly
Léonard
Didier Abot
Le curé
Julien Bukowski
Gentilhomme
José Fumanal
L'Officier Duel
Sylvie Herbert
Mère du Ponceludon
Alain Hocine
Le joueur
Clémentine Buxtorf
La soeur
Boris Napes
Le peintre
Gérard Sergue
Le voleur
Laurent Valo
Simon
Claire Garguier
Thérèse
Marine Guez
La cantatrice
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