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Overview

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5.8/10   766 votes
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Director:

Valérie Lemercier

Writers:

Brigitte Buc (writer)
Valérie Lemercier (writer)

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Release Date:

23 November 2005 (Belgium) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Plot:

A comedy set in the world of European royalty. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

2 nominations more

User Comments:

Royal Flush more (8 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Valérie Lemercier ... Princesse Armelle

Lambert Wilson ... Prince Arnaud

Catherine Deneuve ... Eugénia
Michel Aumont ... René-Guy
Mathilde Seigner ... Laurence
Denis Podalydès ... Titi
Michel Vuillermoz ... Prince Alban
Gisèle Casadesus ... Reine mère Alma
Gilbert Melki ... Bruno, le coach
Maurane ... Maurane
Véronique Barrault ... Frédérique Dianausoa, la journaliste de Londres
Etienne Chicot ... Le photographe Olah !
Pierre Vernier ... Monsieur l'Ambassadeur
Franck de la Personne ... Le ministre de la santé
Michel Fortin ... Le paparazzi Ikéa #1
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Additional Details

Runtime:

France:110 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | UK:12A | Ireland:15A | Portugal:M/12

Company:

Gaumont more


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Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France: #110613 more

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Spoofed in La guerre des miss (2008) more

Soundtrack:

Amoureux de ma femme more


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Royal Flush, 25 December 2005
8/10
Author: writers_reign from London, England

Those of us who found the much-vaunted albeit slightly dubious charm of Princess Diana terminally elusive will revel in this delicious satire in which writer-director Valerie Lemercier captures perfectly that faux demureness and all too real touch of the retard about Diana. Lemercier, who is much more lovely and desirable than Diana ever was, is right on the nose with her characterisation developing it naturally from the gauche, naive speech therapist who lucked into a Prince (Lambert Wilson)who, as the second son - shades of 'Bertie' aka George the Sixth - had no realistic claim to the throne but did have an elder brother who might be a Prince but would never make sperm Count so that when the King dies unexpectedly Wilson finds himself the new reigning Monarch and Lemercier by extension becomes Queen. Ever-so-slowly the moth becomes a social butterfly and Lemercier's genius is that she can makes us wince/reach for the sick-bag as Armelle is incapable of passing a Black child or a Senior Citizen without summoning the photographers and posing winsomely, yet sympathize with her rebellion against Royal protocol/chastisement as personified and practiced by Catherine Deneuve's Queen and Michel Aumont's Brother-in-law. The scene where Armelle gets a custard pie in the kisser will resonate with all those who longed to hurl just such a missile at the 'Queen of Hearts' as will many other scenes. By now, of course, I've lost half my readers but I urge the other half to seek out this gem as soon as possible.

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