Kings and Queen
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Arnaud Desplechin
Mathieu Amalric
Emmanuelle Devos
Valentin Lelong
Catherine Deneuve
Maurice Garrel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Nora is a 35-year-old art gallery director and single mother struggling to rise above tragic circumstances--a late husband, a failed second marriage and a lover's suicide--through her successful career and a marriage to a wealthy businessman. Ismael, her ex-husband, is a disheveled, neurotic musician who descends into a comic nightmare when he is mistakenly committed to a mental hospital. He faces off against the steely clinic psychiatrist, but his eccentric antics--including an in-house pharmacy raid with his drug-addicted lawyer--earn a ten-day stay that may leave him worse off than when he entered. On discovering that her father is terminally ill and fearing for the future of her young son, Nora tracks down Ismael at the institution to enlist his help. A series of intimate revelations and reversals further connects these disparate lives, offering several enigmas, as well as a rich examination of love, memory, mental health, and family responsibility
Director
Arnaud Desplechin
Cast
Mathieu Amalric
Emmanuelle Devos
Valentin Lelong
Catherine Deneuve
Maurice Garrel
Nathalie Boutefeu
Magalie Woch
Hippolyte Girardot
Noémie Lvovsky
Elsa Wolliaston
Daniel Cohen
Jean-paul Roussillon
Crew
Dan Bevan
Roger Bohbot
Laurence Briaud
Pascal Caucheteux
Pascal Cauchteux
Arnaud Desplechin
+ric Gautier
Jean-pierre Laforce
Thi Loan N'guyen
Henry Mancini
Christian Monheim
Nathalie Raoul
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring May 13, 2005
Released in United States May 20, 2005
Released in United States on Video October 25, 2005
Released in United States September 2004
Released in United States 2008
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 2004.
Released in United States Spring May 13, 2005 (NY)
Released in United States May 20, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video October 25, 2005
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 2004.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Showcase on Desplechin) October 30-November 9, 2008.)
