His Majesty Minor (2007)
"Sa majesté Minor" (original title)

Described as a mythical comedy set on an island in the Aegean Sea before the founding of Ancient Greece.

Director:

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writers:

Jean-Jacques Annaud (adaptation), Gérard Brach (adaptation),

Stars:

José Garcia, Vincent Cassel, Sergio Peris-Mencheta

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
José Garcia	...	Minor
Vincent Cassel	...	Satyre
Sergio Peris-Mencheta	...	Karkos
Mélanie Bernier	...	Clytia
Claude Brasseur	...	Firos
Rufus	...	Rectus
Jean-Luc Bideau	...	Archeo
Taïra	...	Zima - La bouchère (as Taïra Borée)
Marc Andréoni	...	Zo - le boucher
Bernard Haller	...	Cataractos, le devin
Alice Frémont	...	Prunios - La vestale
Rosine Favey	...	Kinema - la pythie
Pedro Casablanc	...	Kryton, l'architecte
Guillaume Delaunay	...	Le centaure
Juana Cordero	...	Aura

Storyline

Described as a mythical comedy set on an island in the Aegean Sea before the founding of Ancient Greece.

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Plot Keywords:

ancient greece | island | sea | blood | reincarnation | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Studio Canal [fr]

Country:

France Spain

Language:

French

Release Date:

10 October 2007 (France)

Also Known As:

His Majesty Minor

Filming Locations:

Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€30,400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reperage, Malvarrosa Media, Mediapro

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Enjoyable, highly original but falls short of fantastic

I went to an advance screening without any prejudices although I was not really fascinated by the scent of mythical comedy. Sa Majesté Minor proves to be mostly funny but I feel now it should have geared into something still crazier at some point halfway through the movie.

Would it have been too easy, too mundane to let Minor become a fully fledged tyrant? To let him become a political beast, and leave behind gradually his buoyant humane bestiality? Eventually I am a bit disappointed Gerard Brach's last story is not more of a fantastic fable. As such the movie is a pagan tidbit while I think Brach could have made it a universal tale. JJ Annaud too could have make this story take off instead of sealing off narration in and around the -almost Gallic- village. Moreover I think the narration titles are ugly, they do not make up for the lack of a comic chorus that would have bound the story together.

In a nutshell let's say Minor is a nice character, nice to a fault since the movie aims to keep the same comic pace all along while the story seems to require a change in rhythm.