Rois et reine

Name: Rois et reine
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2004-12-22
Duration: 2 h 30 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc, Olivier Rabourdin, Maurice Garrel

IMDb ID: tt0344273 · Year: 2004 · Rating: 7.0 (4,087 votes)

Genres: Comedy · Drama · Romance

Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: Kings and Queen
Canada: Kings and Queen (English)
Cameroon: Kings and Queen (French)
United Kingdom: Kings and Queen
Ireland: Kings and Queen (English)
India: Kings and Queen (English)
New Zealand: Kings and Queen (English)
United States: Kings and Queen
World-wide: Kings and Queen (English)
South Africa: Kings and Queen (English)
Argentina: Reyes y reina
Spain: Reyes y reina
Mexico: Reyes y reina
Brazil: Reis e Rainha
Portugal: Reis e Rainha
Switzerland: Rois et reine (French)
France: Rois et reine
Germany: Das Leben ist seltsam
Hungary: Ha te nem lennél
Italy: I re e la regina
Czech Republic: Králové a královna
Poland: Królowie i królowa
Romania: Regii și regina
Canada: Rois et Reine (French)
Greece: Ρηγάδες για μια ντάμα
Russia: Короли и королева
Japan: キングス＆クイーン (Japanese)
Taiwan: 國王與皇后
Kings and QueenContent RatingUnratedRelease Date2004-12-22Runtime150 minutesMetascore85IMDb Popularity0User Reviews19Critic Reviews63Countries / RegionsFranceLanguagesFrench
English
GermanKeywordscancer
terminal cancer
psychiatric hospital
looking up someone's skirt
reference to the baron in the trees the novelFilming LocationsGrenoble, Isère, FranceProduction CompaniesWhy Not Productions
France 2 Cinéma
Rhône-Alpes CinémaOfficial SitesAuvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (France) - http://www.auvergnerhonealpes-cinema.fr/en/film-rois-et-reine.html
JMH (Switzerland) - http://www.jmhsa.ch/distributions/catalogue/film/rois-et-reinesIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344273/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0344273.jpgUpdated At2025-06-09T18:28:37

Directors

Arnaud Desplechin

Writers

Arnaud Desplechin
Roger Bohbot

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Emmanuelle Devos | Character: Nora Cotterelle
Actor: Geoffrey Carey | Character: Claude
Actor: Thierry Bosc | Character: M. Mader
Actor: Olivier Rabourdin | Character: Jean-Jacques
Actor: Maurice Garrel | Character: Louis Jenssens
Actor: Valentin Lelong | Character: Elias Cotterelle
Actor: Olivier Borle | Character: Le moniteur
Actor: Didier Sauvegrain | Character: Le chirurgien
Actor: Mathieu Amalric | Character: Ismaël Vuillard
Actor: François Toumarkine | Character: Prospero
Actor: Miglen Mirtchev | Character: Caliban
Actor: Marc Bodnar | Character: Le psy de garde
Actor: Jean-Paul Roussillon | Character: Abel Vuillard
Actor: Catherine Rouvel | Character: Monique Vuillard
Actor: Catherine Deneuve | Character: Mme Vasset
Actor: Noémie Lvovsky | Character: Elizabeth
Actor: Jan Hammenecker | Character: Nicolas
Actor: Nathalie Boutefeu | Character: Chloé Jenssens
Actor: Marie-Françoise Gonzales | Character: L'infirmière
Actor: Joachim Salinger | Character: Pierre Cotterelle
Actor: Daniel Cohen | Character: Le gynécologue
Actor: Frédéric Epaud | Character: L'employé de mairie
Actor: Claude Phor | Character: Le dingue
Actor: Karim Belkhadra | Character: L'interne psy
Actor: Hippolyte Girardot | Character: Maître Marc Mamanne
Actor: Elsa Wolliaston | Character: Dr. Devereux
Actor: Gaëlle Dill | Character: Victorine
Actor: Magali Woch | Character: Arielle
Actor: Shulamit Adar | Character: Mme Seyvos
Actor: Marc Betton | Character: Léopold Virag, l'éditeur
Actor: Gilles Cohen | Character: Simon
Actor: Francis Leplay | Character: Christian, le félon
Actor: Bernard Garnier | Character: Le médecin-légiste
Actor: Joël Dahan | Character: L'auteur
Actor: Rachid Hami | Character: Marcello
Actor: Marion Touitou | Character: Delphine
Actor: Yann Coridian | Character: Fidèle
Actor: Andrée Tainsy | Character: La grand-mère
Actor: Sarah Lefèvre | Character: L'amie de Nora
Actor: Denis Falgoux | Character: Le flic
Actor: Laurencina Lam | Character: Hospital receptionist
Actor: Constantin Leu | Character: Silhouette
Actor: Anh Lili | Character: Actress
Actor: Alain Pointier | Character: L'huissier

[Directors Group]
Name: Arnaud Desplechin | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Arnaud Desplechin | Role: Writer
Name: Roger Bohbot | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Pascal Caucheteux | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Grégoire Hetzel | Role: Composer
Name: Mike Kourtzer | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Eric Gautier | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Laurence Briaud | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Stéphane Touitou | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Daniel Bevan | Role: Production Designer

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Nathalie Raoul | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Frédéric Lainé | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Benoît Lestang | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Eric Monteil | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Thi-Loan Nguyen | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Marine Billet | Role: Production Manager
Name: Mederic Bourlat | Role: Production Manager
Name: Martine Cassinelli | Role: Production Manager
Name: Ivan Desrue | Role: Production Manager
Name: Laurencina Lam | Role: Production Manager
Name: Thibault Mattei | Role: Production Manager
Name: Monica Taverna | Role: Production Manager
Name: Isabelle Tillou | Role: Production Manager
Name: Augustin Werkoff | Role: Production Manager
Name: Edouard Decker | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Marine Billet | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Barbara Canale | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Julien Greco | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Denis Kralj | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Gabrièle Roux | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Sébastien Assouline | Role: Art Department
Name: Eric Braye | Role: Art Department
Name: Yann Dury | Role: Art Department
Name: Mohamed Jabbad | Role: Art Department
Name: Sophie Lampkin | Role: Art Department
Name: Nathalie Serrière | Role: Art Department
Name: Maxime Girault | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard | Role: Sound Department
Name: Frank Ceven | Role: Sound Department
Name: Pascal Chauvin | Role: Sound Department
Name: Yves Coméliau | Role: Sound Department
Name: Edouard d'Heucqueville | Role: Sound Department
Name: Rym Debbarh-Mounir | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jean-Christophe Julé | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jean-Pierre Laforce | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sophie Laloy | Role: Sound Department
Name: Claire-Anne Largeron | Role: Sound Department
Name: Vincent Laurence | Role: Sound Department
Name: Christian Monheim | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sébastien Noiré | Role: Sound Department
Name: Seppe van Groeningen | Role: Sound Department
Name: Benjamin Viau | Role: Sound Department

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Néwine Behi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: François Berroir | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Patrick de Ranter | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Claudia Imbert | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nicolas Leroy | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jean-Claude Lother | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Pascale Marin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Eric Martinot | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Thomas Collignon | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Amélie Covillard | Role: Casting Department
Name: Viviane Lesser | Role: Casting Department
Name: Sonia Tahallah | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Amélie Caillart-Milhau | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Idit Bloch | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Célia Lafitedupont | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Jérôme Pey | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Benjamin Weill | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Marie Barré | Role: Location Management
Name: Lysiane Biagini | Role: Location Management
Name: Emmanuel Dehaene | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Thomas Jamois | Role: Music Department
Name: Stéphane Reichart | Role: Music Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Miguel Bejo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Agnès Chabot | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Maria Jesús Lleonart | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marjolaine Mispelaere | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sylvia Pain | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Laurent Saimond | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344273/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Italy: September 3, 2004 (Venice Film Festival)
Canada: September 10, 2004 (Toronto International Film Festival)
United States: October 6, 2004 (New York Film Festival)
Austria: October 24, 2004 (Vienna International Film Festival)
France: December 13, 2004 (L'Industrie du Rêve Film Festival)
France: December 22, 2004
Switzerland: January 15, 2005 (French speaking region)
Netherlands: January 29, 2005 (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Belgium: February 9, 2005
Australia: February 25, 2005 (Adelaide Film Festival)
Hong Kong: March 23, 2005 (Hong Kong International Film Festival)
United States: April 2, 2005 (Wisconsin Film Festival)
United States: April 15, 2005 (Filmfest DC)
United States: April 22, 2005 (San Francisco International Film Festival)
United States: April 24, 2005 (Independent Film Festival of Boston)
United States: May 13, 2005 (limited)
South Korea: May 29, 2005 (Festival du Film Français)
Croatia: June 2, 2005
United States: June 5, 2005 (Seattle International Film Festival)
United Kingdom: June 10, 2005
Switzerland: August 4, 2005 (German speaking region)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: August 19, 2005
Spain: October 10, 2005 (Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya)
Israel: October 20, 2005
Canada: October 21, 2005
South Korea: October 28, 2005 (Seoul European Film Festival)
United States: November 22, 2005 (DVD premiere)
Portugal: December 1, 2005
Brazil: December 9, 2005 (São Paulo)
Russia: December 13, 2005 (DVD premiere)
Hungary: January 12, 2006
Romania: January 20, 2006
Brazil: March 17, 2006 (Rio de Janeiro)
Slovenia: April 11, 2006
Italy: May 12, 2006
Japan: June 17, 2006 (Tokyo)
Greece: September 21, 2006 (limited)
Mexico: September 26, 2006 (TV premiere)
Mexico: October 13, 2006 (limited)
South Korea: March 2, 2007
Argentina: August 23, 2007
Czech Republic: June 2, 2008 (DVD premiere)
Czech Republic: November 20, 2008 (French Film Festival)
Germany: December 9, 2010 (TV premiere)
Greece: November 2015 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Canada: November 11, 2022 (Cinemania)

Awards

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