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ROYALTY.(Kings and Queen)(Monster-in-Law)(Movie Review)

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| May 16, 2005 | Denby, David | COPYRIGHT 2005 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The CondÃ© Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In "Kings and Queen," Nora (Emmanuelle Devos), a Parisian bourgeoise and gallery manager in her thirties, goes to Grenoble to visit her father, a famous writer and teacher, who is looking after her son for the summer. But the father becomes ill, and Nora winds up attending him as he dies of cancer. Does she really love this imperious and distant old man? And what does he feel for her? Nora comes off as quivering and defenseless--she often breaks into tears--but also, after a while, as slyly selfish. We can't always read her. At the same time, in a parallel story, her ex-boyfriend Ismael (Mathieu Amalric), a manic-depressive with bright eyes and the eager manner of a cocky ...

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