Rois et reine

Dec 22 2004 Unrated 2h 30m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

The stories of Nora during a brief period when her father falls ill and of Ismaël while involuntarily committed to a mental institution for observation. Nora's in her 30s and has loved four men - her son Elias, Elias's deceased father, her own father, and Ismaël, a musician given to odd behavior with whom she lived seven years. She will soon marry a businessman. Faced with her father's death, Nora seeks out Ismaël to ask that he reconnect with Elias; a great deal else roils from her past. Ismaël has his own challenges, not the least of which are his feelings toward adopting Elias and his meeting Arielle, another patient. Ismaël's surface shows a lot; Nora's, very little.

Written by

Arnaud Desplechin, Roger Bohbot

Directed by

Arnaud Desplechin

Cast

Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Why Not Productions, CNC, France 2 Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Languages

English, Deutsch, Français

Awards

9 wins & 18 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
4,132
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
85
Popularity
NA