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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Into this milieu rides Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling). Despite his lengthy name, by court standards he is a mere country bumpkin. His ancestral territory is a treacherous swampland, a breeding-ground for disease-bearing mosquitoes, and his people are dying. Gregoire is something of an engineer and he has a plan to drain the marshlands, for which he needs the help of the King. At court, he quickly discovers that access to the King is all but impossible for a humble man of the country. The only possible route is to scale the court hierarchy and win admission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sex, Lies and Aristocrats at Versailles | 12/12/1996 | See Source »

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