Kings & Queen (2004)
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.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
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Emmanuelle Devos as Nora Cotterelle |
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Mathieu Amalric as Ismaël Vuillard |
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Maurice Garrel as Louis Jenssens |
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Catherine Deneuve as Mme Vasset |
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Nathalie Boutefeu as Chloé Jenssens |
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Joachim Salinger as Pierre Cotterelle |
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Hippolyte Girardot as Maître Marc Mamanne |
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Magali Woch as Louis Jenssens |
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Valentin Lelong as Elias Cotterelle |
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Shulamit Adar as Mme Seyvos |
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Elsa Wolliaston as Dr. Devereux |
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Olivier Rabourdin as Jean-Jacques |
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Francis Leplay as Christian, le félon |
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Noémie Lvovsky as Elizabeth |
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Jean-Paul Roussillon as Abel Vuillard |
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Marc Betton as Léopold Virag, l'éditeur |
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Gilles Cohen as Simon |
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Catherine Rouvel as Monique Vuillard |
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Andrée Tainsy as La grand-mère |
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Geoffrey Carey as Claude |
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Thierry Bosc as M. Mader |
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Olivier Borle as Le moniteur |
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Didier Sauvegrain as Le chirurgien |
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François Toumarkine as Prospero |
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Miglen Mirtchev as Caliban |
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Marc Bodnar as Le psy de garde |
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Jan Hammenecker as Nicolas |
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Marie-Françoise Gonzales as L'infirmière |
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Daniel Cohen as Le gynécologue |
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Fred Epaud as L'employé de mairie |
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Claude Phor as Le dingue |
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Karim Belkhadra as L'interne psy |
| Writing | Arnaud Desplechin | Writer |
| Directing | Arnaud Desplechin | Director |
| Writing | Roger Bohbot | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathalie Raoul | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frédéric Lainé | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Art | Daniel Bevan | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Benoît Lestang | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eric Monteil | Key Hair Stylist |
| Sound | Christian Monheim | Sound Designer |
| Production | Pascal Caucheteux | Producer |
| Camera | Éric Gautier | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Claire-Anne Largeron | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Grégoire Hetzel | Music |
| Sound | Mike Kourtzer | Music |
| Sound | Sébastien Noiré | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Laurence Briaud | Editor |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Laforce | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Pascal Chauvin | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thi-Loan Nguyen | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Vincent Laurence | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Rym Debbarh-Mounir | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Christian Monheim | Sound |