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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.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.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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 20 wins & 17 nominations total
Judith Godrèche
- Mathilde
- (as Judith Godreche)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt is worth noting the presence of a real historical figure, father Charles Michel de l'Épée. The abbot de l'Épée was one of the first to take an interest in the issue of public education for the deaf, giving priority to sign language as a language of instruction.
- GoofsAround 44 min, when Grégoire is talking with Madame de Blayac, her left hand is touching the table, but in the next shot it's just hanging on the chair's the armrest.
- Quotes
Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy: Peasants feed aristocrats as well as mosquitoes.
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Delightful!
I must say that I wish I could speak better French, simply because this film has such a great sense of humor, it would only intensify the hilarity of the picture. The story was not perhaps the most original, then again, what is? This film had heart and a flow about it that was very interesting and pleasing to the eye and soul. Sometimes I hoped that I could see the lives of the other people in the plot, like that little deaf/mute boy, Paul or whatever happened to the abbot? Overall, I must say that the film is beautifully shot, funny in a very literary, upper minded way and a sheer delight. Not for those with a taste for low-brow humor however.
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- Katie-93
- May 28, 2000
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Насмішка
- Filming locations
- Parc du Château de Versailles, Versailles, Yvelines, France(palace garden and ponds)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- FRF 50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,979,768
- Gross worldwide
- $1,979,768
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