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Kings and Queen

Rois et reine
Arnaud Desplechin

Desplechin risks everything to achieve the sublime in this wild, consistently surprising seriocomedy starring Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Devos as ex-lovers who once again cross paths just as their lives are falling apart. An NYFF42 selection.

DIRECTOR
Arnaud Desplechin
YEAR
2004
COUNTRY
France
RUNTIME
150 minutes
LANGUAGE
English, French, and German with English subtitles
FORMAT
35mm
ORIGINAL TITLE
Rois et reine

Desplechin risks everything to achieve the sublime in this wild, consistently surprising seriocomedy, which begins as a dual character study of two people in extreme emotional duress: Nora (Emmanuelle Devos), a single mother unraveling as she copes with a dying father, and Ismaël (Mathieu Amalric), her unstable ex-husband whose propensity for dressing in outlandish costumes and passing forged checks lands him in a mental institution run by Catherine Deneuve’s steely psychiatrist. As their lives once again converge, fantasy and reality collapse and Desplechin steers the film into ever more unexpected, surreal, and ultimately moving territory. Bonus: Amalric break-dancing for an audience of psych-ward patients. An NYFF42 selection.

Kings and Queen
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