Les rois mages (2001)

Directors:

Didier Bourdon
Bernard Campan

Writers:

Didier Bourdon (scenario and dialogue) &
Bernard Campan (scenario and dialogue) ...
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Release Date:

12 December 2001 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel | Paris France | Three Wise Men

Cast

Didier Bourdon	...	Balthazar
Bernard Campan	...	Melchior
Pascal Légitimus	...	Gaspard
Virginie de Clausade	...	Macha
Walid Afkir	...	Jo
Nathalie Roussel	...	La mère de Macha
Claude Brosset	...	Hoeder
Christophe Hémon	...	Guillaume
Colette Maire	...	La concierge de Macha
Jacques Décombe	...	Le psychiatre
Thupten Phuntsok	...	Le moine tibétain
Vincent Schmitt	...	Le "copain"
Marie-Pierre Guérin	...	La responsable du groupe
Marina Tomé	...	Première douanière française
Corinne Debeaux	...	L'hôtesse de l'air
René Remblier	...	Le chauffeur de bus
Jean-François Pastout	...	L'homme de la sanisette
Jean Dell	...	Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
Nabil Massad	...	L'émir saoudien
Pascal Aubert	...	Le responsable aéroport
David Saracino	...	Premier flic quai
Jean-Luc Mimo	...	Second flic quai
Kamel Cherif	...	Le bateleur
Philippe Wintousky	...	Le comparse du bateleur (as Philippe Wintouski)
Serge Djen	...	Le pigeon du bonneteau
Fily Keita	...	La vendeuse du Mac Do
Farouk Benalleg	...	Le responsable du Mac Do
Ariane Seguillon	...	La rabatteuse
Fadila Belkebla	...	Première fille Sexbar
Géraldine Bonnet-Guérin	...	Deuxième fille Sexbar
Georges Neri	...	Le videur Sexbar
Corinne Pastout	...	Troisième fille Sexbar
Bruno Chapelle	...	L'employé SeuneuCneuf
Alexandre Styker	...	Le jeune homme efféminé
Abel Jafri	...	Aziz
Martyne Visciano	...	La conductrice
Didier Raymond	...	Le scientologue
Jacky Nercessian	...	Le moine bouddhiste
Patrick Bordier	...	Le père noël
Rémy Roubakha	...	Le gros Jésus
Bass Dhem	...	Le marabout
Philippe Mareuil	...	Le bijoutier
Marc Faure	...	Le curé
Christophe Guybet	...	Le branché
Didier Flamand	...	L'ami de la mère
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Babar le videur
Dorothée Pousséo	...	Vanessa
Estelle Vincent	...	Lola
James Hor	...	Le serveur boîte (as Man-Yan James Hor)
Amandine Pudlo	...	Première copine Guillaume
Line Lecland	...	Seconde copine Guillaume
Jean-Pierre Tagliaferri	...	Premier flic boîte
Marc Hautreux	...	Second flic boîte (as Marco Hautreux)
Arnaud Delamotte	...	Le flic de garde
Daniel Saint-Jean	...	Le médecin clinique
Jacques Fontanel	...	L'historien
Alain Feydeau	...	Le théologien
Denis Rougeoreille	...	Le clochard
Isabelle Coulombe	...	La femme hystérique
Katie Haigh	...	Le traducteur anglais
Béatrice Tessier-Vita	...	Le traducteur italien
Wolfgang Pissors	...	Le traducteur allemand
Ahmed Guedayia	...	Le jeune conducteur
Edith Lachaux	...	La statue vivante
Jérôme Chappatte	...	L'interne urgences
Dany Gruau	...	L'infirmière urgences
Daniel Isoppo	...	Premier malade urgences
Julien Campan	...	Second malade des urgences
Bernard Lefebvre	...	SDF
Valda Campos	...	La femme brésilienne
Emmanuel Chain	...	Le présentateur TV
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Claude Berri	...	Un passant (uncredited)

Directed by
Didier Bourdon
Bernard Campan

Writing credits
Didier Bourdon		(scenario and dialogue) &
Bernard Campan		(scenario and dialogue)
Olivier Rabourdin		(collaboration)

Produced by
Claude Berri	....	producer
Salim Fassi Fihri	....	executive producer
Pierre Grunstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Laurent Bertaud
Jean-Charles Laurent
Jean-Christophe Prudhomme

Cinematography by
Bernard Déchet

Film Editing by
Jeanne Kef

Casting by
Gérard Moulévrier

Production Design by
Pierre Queffelean

Art Direction by
Franck Schwarz

Costume Design by
Gisèle Ravard

Makeup Department
Mabi Anzalone	....	makeup artist
Frédéric Barat	....	additional hair stylist
Franck Berteau	....	additional hair stylist
Anne Bourdiol	....	additional makeup artist
Lucía Bretones-Méndez	....	additional makeup artist
Laurent Caille	....	additional hair stylist
Paul de Fisser	....	key hair stylist
Delphine Lacaze	....	additional hair stylist
Marie Luiset	....	additional makeup artist
Franck Mendoche	....	hair stylist
Michèle Micolod	....	additional makeup artist
Gérald Portenart	....	additional hair stylist
Laetitia Ruffez	....	additional makeup artist
Stéphanie Selva	....	additional makeup artist
Olivier Seyfrid	....	additional hair stylist
Corinne Tasso	....	additional makeup artist
Pascal Thiollier	....	additional makeup artist
Kaatje Van Damme	....	key makeup artist
Marc Villeneuve	....	additional hair stylist

Production Management
Virginia Anderson	....	assistant production manager
Francis Barrois	....	unit manager: Morocco
Sébastien Didelot	....	trainee unit manager
Laurence Durand-Gaillard	....	assistant unit manager
Eric Hubert	....	production manager
Bruno Morin	....	unit manager
Trystram Sylvain	....	assistant unit manager
Jackline Tolianker	....	post-production manager
Driss Tahri	....	production manager: Morocco (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pascal Aubert	....	trainee assistant director
Fred Bador	....	second assistant director
Serge De Closets	....	first assistant director
Dominique Frizat	....	second assistant director
Xavier Ournac	....	trainee assistant director
Jean-Pierre Tagliaferri	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Nadège Archimbaud	....	set decoration intern
Olivier Breban	....	upholsterer
Michel Charvaz	....	property master
Valérie Chemain	....	set dresser
Benoit Cisilkiewick	....	location finder
Frédéric DeVilliers	....	upholsterer
Olivier Foucher	....	lead carpenter
Fabienne Guillot	....	prop buyer
Jacky Hardouin	....	construction manager: second unit
Gilles Iscan	....	second assistant art director
Jean-François Juvanon	....	lead painter
Matias Kechichian	....	set decoration intern (as Mathias Kechichian)
Gilles Laboulandine	....	construction manager
Hélène Maroutian	....	set decoration intern
Julia Tiemann	....	set decoration intern
Roger Dang Van Sung	....	painter

Sound Department
Sarah Anderson	....	dialogue editor
Jean-Philippe Angelini	....	adr
François Audoin	....	sound recordist
Bernard Bats	....	sound
Guillaume Battistelli	....	assistant sound editor
Pierre-Yves Bruneel	....	first assistant sound
Annabel Callard	....	adr
Edouard d'Heucqueville	....	sound mix technician
Frederic Dubois	....	sound editor
Eric Ferret	....	foley recordist
Isabelle Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Lionel Le Bras	....	boom operator
Pedro Marques	....	synchronization sound engineer
Dominique Mazière	....	assistant foley artist
Pascal Mazière	....	foley artist
Joël Rangon	....	sound
Christophe Vingtrinier	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Sebastien Alagnon	....	special effects (as Sébastien Allagnon)
Martin Bartherotte	....	special effects props
Noel Chainbaux	....	special effects props
Yves Domenjoud	....	special effects
Michel Gery	....	special effects props
Olivier Marais	....	special effects props
Julien Poncet de la Grave	....	special effects
Frédéric Vialle	....	special effects props

Visual Effects by
Geoffroy Barbet Massin	....	3D digital compositor
Tarik Belardi	....	morphing (as Tarik Belarbi)
Laurent Borenstein	....	3D digital compositor
Laurent Borenstein	....	visual effects technical director
Charly Boudriot	....	rotoscope
Christophe Courgeau	....	matte painting
Nabila Daniault	....	digital color timer
Sophie Denize	....	visual effects producer
Valerie Ede	....	3D digital compositor (as Valérie Ede)
Cédric Fayolle	....	digital compositor
Stefan Gaillot	....	2D digital artist (as Stéfan Gaillot)
Emmanuel Gondeau	....	rotoscope (as Manu Gondeau)
Thibaut Granier	....	matte painting
Benoit Holl	....	3D digital compositor
Benoit Holl	....	animator
Stephane Lavoix	....	2D digital artist (as Stéphane Lavoix)
Philippe Leprince	....	3D digital compositor
Julien Limouse	....	matte painting
Jean Baptiste Lère	....	3D visual effects supervisor
Jean Baptiste Lère	....	CGI effects supervisor
Minh Nguyen-Ba	....	3D digital compositor
Vincent Odic	....	3D digital compositor
Kilou Picard	....	visual effects producer
Dominique Pochat	....	visual effects supervisor
Stéphane Richez	....	tracking
Julien Rousseau	....	2D digital artist
Morgan Sagel	....	3D digital compositor
Jean-Paul Tétu	....	3D digital compositor
Caroline Vanhove	....	morphing
Olivier Veau	....	2D digital artist
Stéphane Keller	....	digital matte artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Michel Julienne	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Pascal Auguié	....	still photographer (as Pascalito)
Eric Bonnaire	....	grip
Philippe Bordelais	....	steadicam operator
Marc Bruderer	....	gaffer
Benoit Courpière	....	assistant camera
Olivier Dessalles	....	first assistant camera
Nagar Djavadi	....	second assistant camera (as Négar Djavadi)
Xavier Embry	....	grip
Julie Grünbaum	....	first assistant camera (as Julie Grunebaum)
Jean-Paul Meurisse	....	camera operator
Pascal Morisset	....	underwater camera operator
Michel Revest	....	underwater camera operator
Dominique Robert	....	key grip
Roland Savoye	....	underwater camera operator
Martial Schmeltz	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Julie Chojnowicz	....	extras casting
Francis Rignault	....	extras casting
Evelyne Tison	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sophie Dieu	....	costumer
Laure Jeger	....	costumer
Brigitte Masson	....	costumer
Véronique Pouzou	....	wardrobe
Gladys Van Thiune	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Stéphanie Gaurier	....	assistant editor
Sylvie Lager	....	assistant editor
Bruno Patin	....	color timer

Other crew
Patrick Aubrée	....	script supervisor
Laure Blaess	....	production accountant
Laure Blaess	....	production administrator
Alain Blanchard	....	location scout
Claude Fenioux	....	chief financial officer
Christopher Gachet	....	location scout (as Christophe Gachet)
Renaud Garnier	....	regisseur
Fabien Pondevaux	....	location scout
Joëlle Rignault	....	assistant accountant
Emmanuel Roussille	....	location scout

Production Companies

• Renn Productions
• Productions Paul Lederman
• TF1 Films Production
• D.B. Production
• ABS
• Canal+ (participation)

Distributors

• Pathé (France)

Special Effects

• Mikros Image (digital visual effects)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Aéroport de Paris-Roissy-Charles de Gaulle - BP 20102, Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France

Company:

Renn Productions

Movie Connections:

References The Mummy Returns (2001)

Great cast awesome music!

I just saw this movie, pity I didn't watch it in French, it was in Spanish but I loved it anyway. I think it was very funny, loved the music and it was a perfect cast too, the three kings are cute or good-looking. The girl Macha was very convincing. The small details like: speaking every language, or been understood by everybody, the costumes and all that gave the movie a different thing that make it easy to remember and of course a great option for having a good laugh. I definitely will buy it of I see it someday, mainly because I want to see it in it's original language, that I assume should be better that with a weird dubbing.