History Film / KingsAndQueen

* KarmaHoudini: Bar her dying father's rejection, Nora suffers no comeuppance for all the nasty consequences of her verbal poisoning of the life of several people, especially the suicide of Pierre.

A parallel storyline follows Nora's former lover, Ismaël Vuillard (Creator/MathieuAmalric), a musician, with whom she had lived for seven years. His strange behaviour gets him interned in a psychiatric hospital, from which he plans to escape. He also has to regularly see a psychiatrist, Dr. Vasset (Creator/CatherineDeneuve).

* WhenEldersAttack: Abel, Ismaël's aging father, knows how to defend himself against robbers.

* CoolOldGuy: Abel, Ismaël's father, is a laid-back superette owner who's been a {{good parent|s}} to his children and knows how to defend himself against robbers. He's so good a man that he's planning to have a young man he took under his wing inherit part of what he'll leave once he's dead, which angers Ismaël's sister Élisabeth since said young man has turned to drug dealing.

Nora Cotterelle (Emmanuelle Devos), a woman in her 30s, is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens (Maurice Garrel). While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is both widowed and divorced, and has a son, Elias, whose father she married posthumously [[note]]Posthumous marriage is legally possible in France under some conditions[[/note]]. Elias has behavior problems due to his autism, and Nora is soon to marry a wealthy man.

* IHaveNoDaughter: Nora's father Louis expresses all the disdain he has for her in [[DeadManWriting a message he wrote before his death]].

* SpontaneousChoreography: During a group therapy, Ismaël pulls off a surprisingly good breakdancing choregraphy on Marley Marl's HipHop song "Do u remember".

* SpontaneousChoreography: During a group therapy, Ismaël pulls off a surprisingly good breakdancing choregraphy on Marley Marl's "Do u remember".

* BadassGrandpa: Abel, Ismaël's father, perfectly knows how to deal with robbers who threaten him in his store with just NervesOfSteel and CaneFu. Although the thugs were quite young and visibly not used to press the trigger to kill someone, and he used this to his advantage.
* {{Central Theme}}s: Life as a couple, mourning, filiation and ParentalIssues.
* DrivenToSuicide: Pierre Cotterelle, the first fiancé of Nora, commits suicide (by shooting his own heart with a revolver) out of the awful life Nora made him live during her pregnancy, [[MandatoryMotherhood which she did not want]]. Granted Pierre was already pretty crazy to begin with, but Nora just pushed him over the edge with the nasty words she whispered in his ears while he was trying to sleep after days full of hard work.

* MoodWhiplash: The film alternates between Nora's scenes, which are full of drama regarding her personal life and the way she is perceived (i.e. as poisonous) by her close ones, and Ismaël's scenes, which, while having him being put in a mental hospital against his will, are mostly lighter in tone, if not humorous for some.

* DullSurprise: Nora has very limited facial expressions in many scenes where she should be either angry, devastated or happy. Mostly she internalizes everything and keeps a facade.

* SelfHarm: Arielle slit her own wrists' veins (which caused her to be interned in the psychiatric hospital), but it wasn't a suicide attempt according to her, rather a call for help.

* DullSurprise: Nora has very limited facial expressions in many scenes where she should be either angry, devastated or happy.

A parallel storyline follows her former lover, Ismaël Vuillard (Creator/MathieuAmalric), a musician, with whom she had lived for seven years. His strange behaviour gets him interned in a psychiatric hospital, from which he plans to escape. He also has to regularly see a psychiatrist, Dr. Vasset (Creator/CatherineDeneuve).

* MoodWhiplash: The film alternates between Nora's scenes, which are full of drama regarding her personal life and the way she is perceived (i.e. as poisonous) by her close ones, and Ismaël's scenes, which, while having him being put in a mental hospital against his will, are much lighter in tone, if not humorous for some.

* DrivenToSuicide: Pierre Cotterelle, the first fiancé of Nora, commits suicide (by shooting his own heart with a revolver) out of the awful life Nora made him live during her pregnancy. Granted Pierre was already pretty crazy to begin with, but Nora just pushed him over the edge with the nasty words she whispered in his ears while he was trying to sleep after days full of hard work.

Nora learns that her father is dying of cancer, and she desperately seeks out Ismaël to ask that he reconnect with Elias, but he has mixed feelings about adopting her son. Moreover, he starts bonding with Arielle, another patient.

* TruthInTelevision: Posthumous marriage is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_marriage possible in France]], under some very precise conditions.

* TruthInTelevision: Posthumous marriage is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_marriage possible in France]], under some conditions.

Nora Cotterelle (Emmanuelle Devos), a woman in her 30s, is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens (Maurice Garrel). While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is twice divorced, and has a son, Elias, whose father she married posthumously [[note]]Posthumous marriage is legally possible in France under some conditions[[/note]]. Elias has behavior problems due to his autism, and Nora is soon to marry a wealthy man.

A parallel storyline follows her former lover and second husband, Ismaël Vuillard (Creator/MathieuAmalric), a musician, with whom she had lived for seven years. His strange behaviour gets him interned in a psychiatric hospital, from which he plans to escape. He also has to regularly see a psychiatrist, Dr. Vasset (Creator/CatherineDeneuve).

Nora Cotterelle (Emmanuelle Devos), a woman in her 30s, is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens (Maurice Garrel). While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is twice divorced, and has a son, Elias, whose father she drove to suicide and married posthumously [[note]]Yes, it's legally possible in France under some conditions[[/note]]. Elias has behavior problems due to his autism, and Nora is soon to marry a wealthy man.

Nora Cotterelle (Emmanuelle Devos), a woman in her 30s, is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens (Maurice Garrel). While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is twice divorced, and has a son, Elias, whose father she drove to suicide and married posthumously[[note]]Yes, it's legally possible in France under some conditions[[/note]]. Elias has behavior problems due to his autism, and Nora is soon to marry a wealthy man.