Friday, August 25, 2017

My King (Mon Roi) 2015


     Marie-Antoinette Jezequel also known as Tony begins a stay at a rehabilitation center.  She has a broken leg from a very serious skiing accident.  While she is completing therapy, she takes time to also look back at her turbulent relationship with Georgio.  Why did they love each other but they couldn’t get along with each other?  How did she allow herself to disappear into the relationship?  Why did she need to turn to prescription medications to endure? 
     I was surprised to see that only two people have reviewed this film on Amazon?  It’s not easy to tell the timeline of events in this film.  The present time is at the rehab center.  The past is her relationship.  Tony’s therapist tells her that the skiing accident was caused by her reaction to the trauma in her past.  It was her previous mental and physical experience resulting in the trauma to her body.  Love can be joyous and it also leads to despair?  3* (This movie is OK)

124 min, Drama directed by Maiwenn with Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco, Chrystele Saint Louis Augustin, Patrick Raynal, Yann Goven, Paul Hamy Djemel Barek, Slim El Hedli.

Note:  Imdb 7.1 out of 10, 71% critic 77% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3 ½*, Amazon 4* out of 5* with 2 reviews, Metacritic 68% out of 100 with 18 critics.
Special Note:  Filmed in Seine-et-Marne, Landes, Paris, Calvados; Valais, Switzerland.  This film is loosely inspired by writer-director Maiwenn’s marriage to Jean-Yves Le Fur.  At the 68th Film Festival de Cannes in 2015, Emmanuelle Bercot and Rooney Mara shared the Best Actress Award.  Mara won for the 2015 film Carol.

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