Le roi de Paris (1995)
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This French film is an old-fashioned melodrama with a love triangle, a talented starlet, and a duel. It is set in 1930 when talking films were just coming into vogue and threatening to overshadow theatrical plays. The film features cameos by famed French actors of that time period. Victor Derval is… More This French film is an old-fashioned melodrama with a love triangle, a talented starlet, and a duel. It is set in 1930 when talking films were just coming into vogue and threatening to overshadow theatrical plays. The film features cameos by famed French actors of that time period. Victor Derval is returning home after a performance when he is hailed by Lisa, a young Hungarian woman. Lisa's motives are mysterious; is she simply a star-struck peasant girl, or an ambitious, manipulative aspiring star? Derval is taken with her, and she soon finds herself Derval's personal secretary and is to move into his home where his son Paul, an aspiring writer/revolutionary, also lives. Both men fall for Lisa, who has already fallen in love with the limelight. She will eventually get her wish, but not without paying a price. Though generally beloved by all Parisians, Victor Derval has one detractor, playwright Coste who hates that Derval freely edits his work on stage. Paul, enraged at his father decides to plot revenge, but cannot decide whether he should kill his father or design something a little more creative. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Dominique Maillet
- Written By
- Jacques Fieschi, Dominique Maillet
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 11, 1995 Wide
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Cast
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Philippe Noiret
as Victor Derval
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Jacques Roman
as Romain Coste
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Manuel Blanc
as Paul Derval
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Michel Aumont
as The Marquis de Castellac
- Sacha Briquet
- Corinne Clery
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Paulette Dubost
as Raymonde
- Franco Interlenghi
- Bernard Lajarrige
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Thomas G. Varga
as Lisa Lanska
- Ronny Coutteure
- Veronika Varga
