

Kings & Queen
2004-12-22 · 150 min · ★ 7.0
Shortly before her wedding, art gallery director Nora travels from Paris to Grenoble to visit her preteen son, Elias, who is spending time with her aging professor father, Louis, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. During her stay, she reaches out to her former lover, Ismaël, a viola player and father figure to Elias who has been committed against his will to a mental hospital. Ismaël, however, has his own problems to sort out.
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Production details
- Directors
- Arnaud Desplechin
- Production companies
- Why Not Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 3,839,556
Top Cast
Emmanuelle DevosNora Cotterelle
Mathieu AmalricIsmaël Vuillard
Maurice GarrelLouis Jenssens
Catherine DeneuveMme Vasset
Nathalie BoutefeuChloé Jenssens
Joachim SalingerPierre Cotterelle
Hippolyte GirardotMaître Marc Mamanne
Magali WochLouis Jenssens
Shulamit AdarMme Seyvos
Elsa WolliastonDr. Devereux
Olivier RabourdinJean-Jacques
Francis LeplayChristian, le félon
Noémie LvovskyElizabeth
Jean-Paul RoussillonAbel Vuillard
Marc BettonLéopold Virag, l'éditeur
Gilles CohenSimon
Catherine RouvelMonique Vuillard
Andrée TainsyLa grand-mère
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