Patrice Leconte	...	(Director)
Rémi Waterhouse, Michel Fessler	...	(Writer)
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	...	Monsieur de Montalieri
Carlo Brandt	...	Le Chevalier de Milletail
Jacques Mathou	...	Abbé de l'Epée
Urbain Cancelier	...	Le Roi 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

Comments: Il n'epargne personne.

Summary: 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.