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* BookEnds: The film opens with the Chevalier de Milletail taking revenge for being humiliated years ago because he stumbled during a ball. Near the end, Ponceludon is humiliated by the Chevalier de Milletail because he stumbled during a ball. However, while Milletail isn't the one who fell this time, he is still the one humiliated for his contempt.
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* BookEnds: The film opens with the Chevalier de Milletail taking revenge for being humiliated years ago because he stumbled during a ball. Near the end, Ponceludon is humiliated by the Chevalier de Milletail because he stumbled "stumbled" during a ball. However, while Milletail isn't the one who fell this time, he is still the one humiliated for his contempt.
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* TitleDrop: A few times, as "ridicule" (lacking in wit, and general humiliation) is what all the noblemen are trying to desperatly avoid in their attempts to upstage each others. The most memorable one happens when the King presents [[NobleSavage an Indian from the colonies]] to his courtesans, and one notes under his breath that, with the way all of them are pampered, powered and wigged compared to the [[PeltsOfTheBarbarian way the Indian is dressed]] ..."for a little ''we'' would bethe ones covering ourselves in ridicule".
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In 1783, the Baron Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) oversees the Dombes region. The place is a swamp and the peasants living in the area suffer because of the poor conditions. Ponceludon wishes to start a drainage project to improve the peasants' lives and goes to Versailles to obtain the backing of King [[UsefulNotes/LetatCestMoi King]] UsefulNotes/LouisXVI. However, in order to have any chance of obtaining an audience with the king, Ponceludon has to prove to the corrupt and uncaring Versailles court that he has a sharp wit capable of producing memorable verbal jabs.
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In 1783, the Baron Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) oversees the Dombes region. The place is a swamp and the peasants living in the area suffer because of the poor conditions. Ponceludon wishes to start a drainage project to improve the peasants' lives and goes to Versailles to obtain the king's backing.backing of King UsefulNotes/LouisXVI. However, in order to have any chance of obtaining an audience with the king, Ponceludon has to prove to the corrupt and uncaring Versailles court that he has a sharp wit capable of producing memorable verbal jabs.
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* DudeNotFunny: The general reaction (and most importantly, the king's) to Villecourt's quip following his passionate preach. Time and place, man, time and place.
--> '''Villecourt''': Sire, I just proved to you that God exists; tomorrow I could prove the opposite.
--> '''Villecourt''': Sire, I just proved to you that God exists; tomorrow I could prove the opposite.
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* TenPacesAndTurn: Ponceludon kills one of King Louis XVI's officers in a pistol duel.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Mathilde is an EmotionlessGirl who pretends to think that love does not exist. She plans to marry Montaliéri, an old man, just because he is wealthy. Progressively, she falls for Ponceludon and finally breaks up with Montaliéri.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Mathilde is a scientist and she does not believe in the power of love. She pretends to think that love simply does not exist.
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* MealTicket: Montaliéri for Mathilde de Bellegarde. She openly admits that she wants to marry him because he is rich and he will back her research.
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Mathilde is engaged to Montaliéri, a rich nobleman who could fund her research, but she grows attracted to Ponceludon, an ImpoverishedPatrician. [[spoiler:She finally breaks up with Montaliéri and decides to live with Ponceludon.]]
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* DistantFinale: The epilogue takes place in 1794, about ten years after the bulk of the film. In the meanwhile, UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution has started.
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* {{Shoutout}}: To Creator/Voltaire (the courtiers admire his wit) and Creator/JeanJacquesRousseau (the Marquis de Bellegarde says he brought up Mathilde according to the principles of ''Émile'').
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* {{Shoutout}}: To Creator/Voltaire Creator/{{Voltaire}} (the courtiers admire his wit) and Creator/JeanJacquesRousseau (the Marquis de Bellegarde says he brought up Mathilde according to the principles of ''Émile'').
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* {{Shoutout}}: To Creator/Voltaire (the courtiers admire his wit) and Creator/JeanJacquesRousseau (the Marquis de Bellegarde says he brought up Mathilde according to the principles of ''Émile'').
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* ExcrementStatement: In the opening scene, the Chevalier de Milletail pees on an old courtier as a revenge for being humiliated by him years ago.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Ponceludon is a nobleman, but he is not wealthy. His mother tells him that she had to sell some land and that he will only inherit of the ruins of the family castle. Ponceludon also tells the Marquis de Bellegarde that he cannot afford to stay in Versailles, because he does not have enough money.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Ponceludon is a nobleman, but he is not wealthy. His mother tells him that she had to sell some land and that he will only inherit of the ruins of the family castle. Ponceludon also tells the Marquis de Bellegarde that he cannot afford to stay in Versailles, because he does not have enough money.
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* SexForServices: Ponceludon has sex with Madame de Blayac in exchange of her help to get an appointment with the king.
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* GoodSamaritan: The Marquis de Bellegarde. After Ponceludon is attacked by thieves, he treats him, then he offers to put him up and to teach him the customs of the court.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Ponceludon and Mathilde plays chess together. Mathilde wins.
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* DancesAndBalls: They are an important part of the social life of the aristocrats. If you stumble during a ball, you might be so humiliated that you do not dare to appear again in Versailles.
* DramaticUnmask: Happens after Ponceludon stumbles during the MasqueradeBall. He first removes his own mask and reveals his identity. Then he removes the mask of the guy who mocks him, the Chevalier de Milletail.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Madame de Blayac. She persuades Ponceludon to come back to Versailles, then to sleep with her in exchange of her support. The next morning, she calls the Marquis de Bellegarde, so that Mathilde, Ponceludon's love interest, hears about their relationship. She also manages to humiliate Ponceludon twice, so that he must leave Versailles twice.
* MasqueradeBall: The second humiliation of Ponceludon by Madame de Blayac happens during a masquerade ball.
* MasqueradeBall: The second humiliation of Ponceludon by Madame de Blayac happens during a masquerade ball.
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* DistantFinale: The epilogue takes place in 1794, about ten years after the bulk of the film. In the meanwhile, UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution has started.
* DrivenToSuicide: The Baron de Guéret after being humiliated by the Abbé de Vilecourt when he was waiting in the antechamber of the king.
* DrivenToSuicide: The Baron de Guéret after being humiliated by the Abbé de Vilecourt when he was waiting in the antechamber of the king.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Chérin, the genealogist. He asks Ponceludon the baptismal certificate of an ancestor before giving him the clearance to meet the king.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Ponceludon (Archie) is attracted to Mathilde (Betty), a nice and frank girl. Then he becomes the lover of Madame de Blayac (Veronica), a manipulative bitch. Finally, he leaves Madame de Blayac for Mathilde.
* DuelToTheDeath: Chevernoy insults Ponceludon, who challenges him to a duel. Ponceludon shoots Chevernoy down.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: the Abbé de l'Epée and UsefulNotes/LouisXVI l'Epée, UsefulNotes/LouisXVI, Monsieur Chérin (UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette appears quickly too).
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* FootsieUnderTheTable: At a dinner Madame de Blayac notices that there are thirteen people seated [[ThirteenIsUnlucky and that's bad]], so she comes up with a game where whoever shows the least wit before the soup arrives has to leave the table. This whole thing is to humiliate Ponceludon, so she caresses Ponceludon with her foot under the table to keep him from thinking up a good quip and he has to leave.
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* FootsieUnderTheTable: At a dinner Madame GoldDigger: Mathilde de Blayac notices Bellegarde openly admits that there are thirteen people seated [[ThirteenIsUnlucky and that's bad]], so she comes up with a game where whoever shows the least wit before the soup arrives has wants to leave the table. This whole thing marry Montaliéri because he is to humiliate Ponceludon, so she caresses Ponceludon with her foot under the table to keep him from thinking up a good quip rich and he has will back her research. {{Justified|Trope}} by the social context, where it is impossible for women to leave.be financially independent, and by [[SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids her scientific point of view about love]].
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* NonIdleRich: Unlike MentorArchetype: The Marquis de Bellegarde instructs Ponceludon about how the royal court at works.
* MsFanservice: Mathilde de Bellegarde (Judith Godrèche), who always wears low-cut dresses (and the camera often focuses on her cleavage).
* NaiveNewcomer: When he arrives in Versailles, Ponceludonreally does care about is naive enough to think that the king will listen to him just because his cause is just.
* NaughtyUnderTheTable: At a dinner Madame de Blayac notices that there are thirteen peoplesuffering in Dombes, seated [[ThirteenIsUnlucky and his primary motivation never strays that's bad]], so she comes up with a game where whoever shows the least wit before the soup arrives has to leave the table. This whole thing is to humiliate Ponceludon, so she caresses Ponceludon with her foot under the table to keep him from improving their lot.thinking up a good quip and he has to leave.
* MsFanservice: Mathilde de Bellegarde (Judith Godrèche), who always wears low-cut dresses (and the camera often focuses on her cleavage).
* NaiveNewcomer: When he arrives in Versailles, Ponceludon
* NaughtyUnderTheTable: At a dinner Madame de Blayac notices that there are thirteen people
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* StayInTheKitchen: At first Ponceludon thinks Mathilde has no business doing science experiments and inventing a diving suit, an attitude captured by one of his quips, "Nature meant for fish to be in the water and girls in their homes." Eventually he does come to respect and support her, though.
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* StayInTheKitchen: At first Ponceludon thinks Mathilde has no business doing science experiments and inventing a diving suit, an attitude captured by one of his quips, "Nature meant for fish to be in the water and girls in their homes." Eventually he does come to respect and support her, though.though.
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''Ridicule'' is a 1996 French historical dramedy film directed by Patrice Leconte.
In 1783, the Baron Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) oversees the Dombes region. The place is a swamp and the peasants living in the area suffer because of the poor conditions. Ponceludon wishes to start a drainage project to improve the peasants' lives and goes to Versailles to obtain the king's backing. However, in order to have any chance of obtaining an audience with the king, Ponceludon has to prove to the corrupt and uncaring Versailles court that he has a sharp wit capable of producing memorable verbal jabs.
Other characters include the Marquis de Bellegarde (Creator/JeanRochefort), a kind doctor who becomes Ponceludon's mentor in Versailles, his daughter Mathilde (Judithe Godrèche), a scientifically-minded young woman Ponceludon falls in love with, and Madame de Blayac (Creator/FannyArdant), a highly influential countess who may prove to be the ticket Ponceludon needs to see the king.
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* ComebackTomorrow: The Marquis de Bellegarde tries to reply to one of Vilecourt's quips but forgets what to say. He remembers much later when he's alone with Ponceludon and blames his slowness on his old age.
* DecadentCourt: The aristocrats hanging out at Versailles are shown as being more concerned with being entertained, rising up in the world and undermining each other than with the suffering of poor people. When Ponceludon tries broaching the subject at a gathering, it gets dismissed as "unpleasant".
* FootsieUnderTheTable: At a dinner Madame de Blayac notices that there are thirteen people seated [[ThirteenIsUnlucky and that's bad]], so she comes up with a game where whoever shows the least wit before the soup arrives has to leave the table. This whole thing is to humiliate Ponceludon, so she caresses Ponceludon with her foot under the table to keep him from thinking up a good quip and he has to leave.
* HeelRealization: Implied. Ponceludon's speech at the ball visibly strikes a nerve in Madame de Blayac, who takes off her mask and quietly cries while all the other aristocrats carry on partying. There's no word on whether she actually reforms, though.
* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: Ponceludon is strongly cautioned by Bellegarde not to laugh at his own jokes in court.
* NonIdleRich: Unlike the court at Versailles, Ponceludon really does care about the people suffering in Dombes, and his primary motivation never strays from improving their lot.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After getting tripped up at the masquerade ball, Ponceludon stands up against the aristocrats' jeering and calls them out for putting Voltaire's love of wit on a pedestal and ignoring everything else he espoused, namely compassion for the poor.
* StayInTheKitchen: At first Ponceludon thinks Mathilde has no business doing science experiments and inventing a diving suit, an attitude captured by one of his quips, "Nature meant for fish to be in the water and girls in their homes." Eventually he does come to respect and support her, though.
In 1783, the Baron Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) oversees the Dombes region. The place is a swamp and the peasants living in the area suffer because of the poor conditions. Ponceludon wishes to start a drainage project to improve the peasants' lives and goes to Versailles to obtain the king's backing. However, in order to have any chance of obtaining an audience with the king, Ponceludon has to prove to the corrupt and uncaring Versailles court that he has a sharp wit capable of producing memorable verbal jabs.
Other characters include the Marquis de Bellegarde (Creator/JeanRochefort), a kind doctor who becomes Ponceludon's mentor in Versailles, his daughter Mathilde (Judithe Godrèche), a scientifically-minded young woman Ponceludon falls in love with, and Madame de Blayac (Creator/FannyArdant), a highly influential countess who may prove to be the ticket Ponceludon needs to see the king.
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* ComebackTomorrow: The Marquis de Bellegarde tries to reply to one of Vilecourt's quips but forgets what to say. He remembers much later when he's alone with Ponceludon and blames his slowness on his old age.
* DecadentCourt: The aristocrats hanging out at Versailles are shown as being more concerned with being entertained, rising up in the world and undermining each other than with the suffering of poor people. When Ponceludon tries broaching the subject at a gathering, it gets dismissed as "unpleasant".
* FootsieUnderTheTable: At a dinner Madame de Blayac notices that there are thirteen people seated [[ThirteenIsUnlucky and that's bad]], so she comes up with a game where whoever shows the least wit before the soup arrives has to leave the table. This whole thing is to humiliate Ponceludon, so she caresses Ponceludon with her foot under the table to keep him from thinking up a good quip and he has to leave.
* HeelRealization: Implied. Ponceludon's speech at the ball visibly strikes a nerve in Madame de Blayac, who takes off her mask and quietly cries while all the other aristocrats carry on partying. There's no word on whether she actually reforms, though.
* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: Ponceludon is strongly cautioned by Bellegarde not to laugh at his own jokes in court.
* NonIdleRich: Unlike the court at Versailles, Ponceludon really does care about the people suffering in Dombes, and his primary motivation never strays from improving their lot.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After getting tripped up at the masquerade ball, Ponceludon stands up against the aristocrats' jeering and calls them out for putting Voltaire's love of wit on a pedestal and ignoring everything else he espoused, namely compassion for the poor.
* StayInTheKitchen: At first Ponceludon thinks Mathilde has no business doing science experiments and inventing a diving suit, an attitude captured by one of his quips, "Nature meant for fish to be in the water and girls in their homes." Eventually he does come to respect and support her, though.
