Kings and Queen
| Kings and Queen | |
|---|---|
 French poster for Kings and Queen | |
| Directed by | Arnaud Desplechin |
| Produced by | Pascal Caucheteux |
| Written by |
Roger Bohbot Arnaud Desplechin |
| Starring |
Emmanuelle Devos Mathieu Amalric Catherine Deneuve Noémie Lvovsky |
| Music by | Grégoire Hetzel |
| Cinematography | Eric Gautier |
| Edited by | Laurence Briaud |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Bac Films |
Release dates | December 22, 2004 |
Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $3,8 million |
| Box office | $4,575,710[1] |
Kings and Queen (French: Rois et reine) is a 2004 French film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It won the Louis Delluc Prize, the Prix Méliès and the César Award for Best Actor. In addition, it was nominated for César awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Most Promising Actress and Best Writing.
Plot
Nora Cotterelle, a woman in her 30s is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens.
While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is twice divorced and has a son, Elias, whose father is dead. Elias has behavior problems caused by autism.
Nora's present relationship is not going well, and she is soon to marry a businessman, while Elias is becoming increasingly withdrawn.
A parallel storyline follows her former lover and second husband, Ismaël Vuillard, a musician, with whom she had lived for seven years. He is given to strange behaviour, and as a result he has been committed to a mental hospital, from which he is planning to escape.
Nora learns that her father's digestive problems are actually cancer, and facing her father's death, Nora desperately seeks out Ismaël to ask that he reconnect with Elias, but he has mixed feelings about adopting her son. Moreover, he has met Arielle, another patient.
Cast
- Emmanuelle Devos as Nora Cotterelle
- Mathieu Amalric as Ismaël Vuillard
- Catherine Deneuve as Mme Vasset, psychiatrist
- Maurice Garrel as Louis Jenssens
- Nathalie Boutefeu as Chloé Jenssens
- Jean-Paul Roussillon as Abel Vuillard
- Magali Woch as Arielle, la "chinoise"
- Hippolyte Girardot as Maître Marc Mamanne
- Noémie Lvovsky as Elizabeth
- Valentin Lelong as Elias Cotterelle