Kings and Queen -
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KINGS & QUEEN tells two separate stories. On one hand, the crowning achievement of Nora Cotterelle, young and bereaved, soon to marry a suitable man at last! On the other hand, the story of the decline and fall of Ismaël Vuillard, one of Nora’s former husbands, committed to a psychiatric home by mistake. Their stories intersect when Nora visits Ismaël and asks him to adopt her son,
Elias. Then diverge again.
We follow Nora as she is forced to deal with the agony of her father. Long-buried memories surface…
Ismaël, convinced of his own tragic destiny, fares pretty well in the hospital, passing from one grotesque experience to the next. At last, Nora and Ismaël will meet for the last time. He won’t adopt Elias, telling the boy that he can do nothing for him, that he has nothing to offer. Two disparate stories, inextricably linked: raw, comic, melanchic, mournful. Two people: Nora, a woman who dives into memories that threaten to consume her; and Ismaël, an imprisoned man who is always rushing towards freedom.
AKA 'Rois et Reine'.
Movie information
| Release Date (USA): | TBA |
| Rating (USA): | NA |
| Release Date (UK): | 2005-06-10 |
| Rating (UK) : | 15 |
| Director: | Arnaud Desplechin |
| Producer: | Pascal Caucheteux |
| Studio: | N/A |
| Writer/s: | Arnaud Desplechin and Roger Bohbot |
Cast
| Emmanuelle Devos | Nora Cotterelle |
| Mathieu Amalric | Ismaël Vuillard |
| Catherine Deneuve | Mme Vasset |
| Maurice Garrel | Louis Jenssens |
| Nathalie Boutefeu | Chloé Jenssens |
| Jean-Paul Roussillon | Abel Vuillard |
| Magalie Woch | Arielle, la 'chinoise' |
| Hippolyte Girardot | Maître Marc Mamanne |
| Noémie Lvovsky | Elizabeth |
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