Directed by:
Arnaud DesplechinCinematography:
Eric GautierCast:
Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Olivier Rabourdin, Catherine Deneuve, Maurice Garrel, Nathalie Boutefeu, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Magali Woch (more)Plots(1)
Arnaud Desplechin's stunning film interweaves two stories, that of Nora (Emmanuelle Devos), a single mother about to marry for the third time, with the tale of her eccentric ex-husband Ismael (Mathieu Amalric), committed to a psychiatric ward by mistake and convinced of his own tragic destiny. Their lives intersect once more when Nora, troubled by her young son's uneasy relationship with her new fiance and the failing health of her father, visits Ismael with an unusual proposition she hopes will solve her problems. Wonderfully played by Devos and Amalric, with a fine cameo from Catherine Deneuve as an ice-cool psychiatrist, Kings and Queen is an intricate, funny and moving epic that explores the complexities of life, love and family ties. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
Emmanuelle Devos
France
Best movies:
The Other Son (2012)
In the Beginning (2009)
The Adversary (2002)
Mathieu Amalric
France
Best movies:
Olivier Rabourdin
France
Best movies:
Taken (2008)
Welcome (2009)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Catherine Deneuve
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Maurice Garrel
France
Best movies:
Sundays and Cybele (1962)
The Soft Skin (1964)
The Unvanquished (1964)
Nathalie Boutefeu
France
Best movies:
A Secret (2007)
Irma Vep (1996)
Kings & Queen (2004)
Jean-Paul Roussillon
France
Best movies:
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
Dead Certain (1981)
Same Old Song (1997)
Magali Woch
Best movies:
A Good Year (2006)
Stella (2019) (TV movie)
Kings & Queen (2004)
Hippolyte Girardot
France
Best movies:
Manon of the Spring (1986)
L'Amour nu (1981)
Paris Je T'Aime (2006)
Noémie Lvovsky
France
Daniel Cohen
Tunisia
Best movies:
Kings & Queen (2004)
Kill Me Please (2010)
Happy End (2009)
Gilles Cohen
Best movies:
A Prophet (2009)
Chaos (2001)
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Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Italy
Best movies:
The House (1997)
Munich (2005)
A Good Year (2006)
Catherine Rouvel
France
Best movies:
Law Breakers (1971)
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Who Knows (2001)
Yann Coridian
Best movies:
Kings & Queen (2004)
Miglen Mirtchev
Best movies:
Frédéric Epaud
France
Best movies:
A Bag of Marbles (2017)
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
13 (2005)
Francis Leplay
France
Best movies:
The Good Teacher (2024)
Kings & Queen (2004)
Les Cowboys (2015)
Geoffrey Carey
Best movies:
The Big Blue (1988)
Bitter Moon (1992)
The Hurried Man (1977)
Karim Belkhadra
Best movies:
Hate (1995)
The Crimson Rivers (2000)
JCVD (2008)