Kings and Queen (Rois et Reine) DVD

Kings and Queen (Rois et Reine) DVD - 2004 French film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. Mixing comedy, tragedy and melodrama, 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. 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. Stars Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve. Unrated, 115 minutes.