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| Charles Berling | Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy |
| Jean Rochefort | Le Marquis de Bellegarde |
| Fanny Ardant | Madame de Blayac |
| Judith Godreche | Mathilde de Bellegarde |
| Bernard Giraudeau | Monsieur de Montalieri |
| Bernard Dheran | 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 |
Moved by the difficulties faced by peasants living in the mosquito-ridden swamplands near Lyon, aristocratic engineer Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy devises a plan to drain the boggy land. But to gain an audience with King Louis XVI in Versailles, he learns he must impress the royal court with his verbal wit. Drawn into a world of ever-shifting alliances where words are used as weapons, the Marquis begins to lose sight of his noble intentions.
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