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Sunday 13 November at 5pm
Kings &
Queen (15)
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin
France 2004
152 mins Subtitles
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Teeming
with life, art, myth and madness, Desplechin's film is a careering
modern relationships melodrama that undercuts the usual routines
of French chamber cinema with left turns into ghost story,
bedlam burlesque, cornershop shootout and even a madcap rap
moonwalk.
The film knocks between two ex-lovers Nora and Ismael, whose
lives have taken paths nearly as divergent as their outlooks
on them. A jitterbug web of recriminations, wrong-footing
revelations and the odd reconciliation, the film is enrapturing
to watch, full of appositely grandstanding performances and
tumbling improvisatory technique. Majestic movie-making
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Nick Bradshaw, Time Out
"anyone who loves intelligent French cinema . . will
love this"
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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