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- 2005
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 2 h 30 m
- 2005
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 2 h 30 m
Summary This film expertly mixes comedy, tragedy and melodrama to tell the emotionally gripping story of the intersecting lives of two former lovers. (Wellspring Media)
Directed By: Arnaud Desplechin
Written By: Roger Bohbot, Arnaud Desplechin
- 2005
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 2 h 30 m
- 2005
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 2 h 30 m
Kings & Queen
8.6
Summary This film expertly mixes comedy, tragedy and melodrama to tell the emotionally gripping story of the intersecting lives of two former lovers. (Wellspring Media)
Directed By: Arnaud Desplechin
Written By: Roger Bohbot, Arnaud Desplechin
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
85
100% Positive
26 Reviews
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0% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
85
100% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Desplechin fearlessly dives into raw, bitter revelations and surfaces with hope as our heroes try again to get it right.
This extravagant family melodrama, one of the highlights of last year's New York Film Festival, runs two and a half hours and never lags, so moment-to-moment enthralling are Desplechin's narrative gambits, as well as his reckless eccentricity.
Odd, complex and charming.
For all its hectic comings and goings, though, Kings & Queen is superbly controlled, gracefully shot and edited, and, for its entire 150 minutes, as engrossing as its meanings are opaque.
Though overly long and difficult to digest, it's a feast you won't want to miss.
This movie, however incomplete and frustrating, is also fully alive and extraordinarily intelligent.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 9 User Ratings
8.6
89% Positive
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 9 User Ratings
8.6
89% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
11% Mixed
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Production Company
Why Not Productions,
France 2 Cinéma,
Rhône-Alpes Cinéma,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep),
Canal+,
CinéCinéma,
Région Rhône-Alpes,
Cofimage 15,
Wild Bunch
Release Date May 13, 2005
Duration 2 h 30 m
Rating Unrated
Awards
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 Nominations
Étoiles d'Or, France
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
