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.

"Wit is the ultimate weapon."

Credits

Patrice LeconteDirector

Charles BerlingLe Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy

Jean RochefortLe Marquis de Bellegarde

Fanny ArdantMadame de Blayac

Judith GodrècheMathilde de Bellegarde