History Film / KaamelottPremierVolet

Ten years have passed since Arthur Pendragon renounced the throne of Kaamelott and disappeared after handing it over to Lancelot du Lac, who has since established a reign of terror over the kingdom of Logres. The Knights of the Round Table have disbanded and formed pitiful pockets of resistance against Lancelot. Everyone wonders what happened to Arthur, from Lancelot (who wants him dead and put a bounty on his head) all the way to the clueless knights and oppressed smallfolk (who want him to return). But does Arthur really want to bother coming back to Kaamelott, help these morons once more and reclaim the throne? Short answer: ''HELL NO''... but circumstances force him to anyway.

''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' (French for ''Kaamelott: First Chapter'' or ''Kaamelott: First Installment'') is a 2021 French [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy medieval fantasy]] comedy film written, directed and produced by Creator/AlexandreAstier and starring him as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]. It is the [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell long-gestating]] and [[SequelGap long-awaited]] [[TheMovie theatrical film]] {{sequel}} to the 2004-2009 Myth/ArthurianLegend-[=inspired=] {{comedy}} series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and is intended to be the first installment ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]) of a trilogy to wrap the story up. Most of the series' main cast (which means ''a lot'') returned alongside some newcomers. It was released in France on July 21, 2021 after being delayed several times due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and the UK saw a subtitled release on September 10 of that year.

''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' (French for ''Kaamelott: First Chapter'' or ''Kaamelott: First Installment'') is a 2021 French [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy medieval fantasy]] comedy film written, directed and produced by Creator/AlexandreAstier and starring him as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]. It is the [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell long-gestating]] and [[SequelGap long-awaited]] [[TheMovie theatrical film]] {{sequel}} to the 2004-2009 Myth/ArthurianLegend-[=inspired=] {{comedy}} series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and is intended to be the first installment ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]) of a trilogy to wrap the story up. Most of the series' main cast (which means ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a lot]]'') returned alongside some newcomers. It was released in France on July 21, 2021 after being delayed several times due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and the UK saw a subtitled release on September 10 of that year.

''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' (French for ''Kaamelott: First Chapter'' or ''Kaamelott: First Installment'') is a 2021 French [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy medieval fantasy]] comedy film written, directed and produced by Creator/AlexandreAstier and starring him as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]. It is the [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell long-gestating]] and long-awaited [[TheMovie theatrical film]] {{sequel}} to the 2004-2009 Myth/ArthurianLegend-[=inspired=] {{comedy}} series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and is intended to be the first installment ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]) of a trilogy to wrap the story up. Most of the series' main cast (which means ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a lot]]'') returned alongside some newcomers. It was released in France on July 21, 2021 after being delayed several times due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and the UK saw a subtitled release on September 10 of that year.

After announcing he was working on the second film (which is due to start filming in spring 2023), Alexandre Astier also said he would like to explore the events that happened during the ten-year-long TimeSkip between the end of the series and the first film, an installment potentially titled ''Kaamelott: Resistance'', but he hasn't decided on which kind of media he'll do it yet.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Perceval and Karadoc's friendship seems to have soured into this, with Perceval now actively insulting Karadoc's intelligence (and [[TheReasonYouSuck making rather good points, too]]) rather than both thinking they're the smartest in the room.

After announcing he was working on the second film, Alexandre Astier also said he would like to explore the events that happened during the ten-year-long TimeSkip between the end of the series and the first film, an installment potentially titled ''Kaamelott: Resistance'', but he hasn't decided on which kind of media he'll do it yet.

''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' (French for ''Kaamelott: First Chapter'' or ''Kaamelott: First Installment'') is a 2021 French [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy medieval fantasy]] comedy film written, directed and produced by Creator/AlexandreAstier and starring him as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]. It is the [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell long-gestating]] and long-awaited [[TheMovie theatrical film]] {{sequel}} to the 2004-2009 Myth/ArthurianLegend-[=inspired=] {{comedy}} series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and is intended to be the first installment ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]) of a trilogy to wrap the story up. Most of the series' main cast (which means ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a lot]]'') returned alongside some newcomers. It was released in France on July 21, 2021 after several delayings due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and the UK saw a subtitled release on September 10 of that year.

''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' (French for ''Kaamelott: First Chapter'' or ''Kaamelott: First Installment'') is a 2021 French [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy medieval fantasy]] comedy film written, directed and produced by Creator/AlexandreAstier and starring him as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]. It is the [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell long-gestating]] and long-awaited [[TheMovie theatrical film]] {{sequel}} to the 2004-2009 Myth/ArthurianLegend-[=inspired=] SketchComedy series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and is intended to be the first installment ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]) of a trilogy to wrap the story up. Most of the series' main cast (which means ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a lot]]'') returned alongside some newcomers. It was released in France on July 21, 2021 after several delayings due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and the UK saw a subtitled release on September 10 of that year.

''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' (French for ''Kaamelott: First Chapter'' or ''Kaamelott: First Installment'') is a 2021 French [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy medieval fantasy]] comedy film written, directed and produced by Creator/AlexandreAstier and starring him as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]. It is the [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell long-gestating]] and long-awaited [[TheMovie theatrical film]] {{sequel}} to the 2004-2009 Myth/ArthurianLegend {{comedy}} series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and is intended to be the first installment ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]) of a trilogy to wrap the story up. Most of the series' main cast (which means ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a lot]]'') returned alongside some newcomers. It was released in France on July 21, 2021 after several delayings due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and the UK saw a subtitled release on September 10 of that year.

* GroinAttack: Hitting an adversary in the nuts (courtesy of Guenièvre) is all that is needed for Arthur to win the stupid and incomprehensible game called "Robobrol", that the guards barring him access to ExcaliburInTheStone has him play on Perceval's suggestion.

* GroinAttack: It turns out hitting an adversary in the nuts (courtesy of Guenièvre) was all that was needed for Arthur to win the stupid and incomprehensible game called "Robobrol" the guards barring him access to ExcaliburInTheStone had him play on Perceval's suggestion.

* PetTheDog: Wulfstan sounds apologetic for the Saxon raids having killed Guethenoc's wife.

-->'''Nessa:''' I would like to inform madam that madam's suitor has progressed a foot or two towards the bottom.

* SequelNonEntity: Yvain, Ygerne de Tintagel (Arthur's mother), the Weaponmaster and several other recurring characters of the series are noticeably absent from the film.

* BountyHunter: Alzagar (Guillaume Gallienne) tracks Arthur down and finds him at the beginning of the film. When he reaches Aquitania with his prisoner, the Duke (Creator/AlainChabat) offers him twice the amount of his bounty to buy Arthur's freedom.

** Despite his bluntness and general assholery, Arthur genuinely holds the ideals of the Round Table (that all knights, no matter their origin, status or title, sit as equals around the table) in high regards. So much so that one of the few scenes not PlayedForLaughs in the film is when he sees the makeshift Round Table that some members of LaResistance made in the woods and insists that he and the ones present sit at it and introduce each other formally without a hint of irony or sarcasm.

''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' (French for ''Kaamelott: First Chapter'' or ''Kaamelott: First Installment'') is a 2021 French medieval fantasy comedy film written, directed and produced by Creator/AlexandreAstier and starring him as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]. It is the [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell long-gestating]] and long-awaited [[TheMovie theatrical film]] {{sequel}} to the 2004-2009 Myth/ArthurianLegend {{comedy}} series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and is intended to be the first installment ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]) of a trilogy to wrap the story up. Most of the series' main cast (which means ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a lot]]'') returned alongside some newcomers. It was released in France on July 21, 2021 after several delayings due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and the UK saw a subtitled release on September 10 of that year.

* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Arthur gets struck by a lightning right before the duel with Lancelot starts, though it's not meant to smite him, as it doesn't harm him and re-empowers Excalibur.

''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' (French for ''Kaamelott: First Chapter'' or ''Kaamelott: First Installment'') is a 2021 French medieval fantasy comedy film written, directed and produced by Creator/AlexandreAstier and starring him as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]. It is the [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell long-gestating]] and long-awaited [[TheMovie theatrical film]] {{sequel}} to the 2004-2009 Myth/ArthurianLegend {{parody}} series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and is intended to be the first installment ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]) of a trilogy to wrap the story up. Most of the series' main cast (which means ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a lot]]'') returned alongside some newcomers. It was released in France on July 21, 2021 after several delayings due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and the UK saw a subtitled release on September 10 of that year.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Il revient pas pour trier les lentilles.''[[labelnote:Translation]]''He's not coming back to sort the lentils.''[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine He ain't coming back to sort the lentils.]]'']]

''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' (French for ''Kaamelott: First Chapter'' or ''Kaamelott: First Installment'') is a 2021 French medieval fantasy comedy film written, directed and produced by Creator/AlexandreAstier and starring him as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]]. It is the [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell long-gestating]] [[TheMovie theatrical film]] {{sequel}} to the 2004-2009 Myth/ArthurianLegend {{parody}} series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and is intended to be the first installment ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]) of a trilogy to wrap the story up. Most of the series' main cast (which means ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a lot]]'') returned alongside some newcomers. It was released in France on July 21, 2021 after several delayings due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and the UK saw a subtitled release on September 10 of that year.

->''"La patience est un plat qui se mange sans sauce."'' [[labelnote:Translation]]"Patience is a dish that is best served without sauce."[[/labelnote]]

After announcing he was working on the second film, Alexandre Astier also said he would like to explore the events that happened during the ten year-long TimeSkip between the end of the series and the first film, an installment potentially titled ''Kaamelott: Resistance'', but he hasn't decided on which kind of media he'll do it yet.

* ArbitraryMinimumRange: The first time we see the Burgundians try to lay siege to Kaamelott, the Jurisconsult notes that, even if they weren't too inept to make their SiegeEngines work, they parked them way too close to the walls and any shot they'd manage to fire would just whiz past above the castle.

* BigDamnMovie: Compared to the series, there's no cheap-looking set, filming was done in forests, real castles, deserts etc, and the plot concerns an epic RightfulKingReturns quest (even though said rightful king is reluctant). While the budget isn't quite that of an EpicMovie, it certainly has the feel of one, helped by the cinematography and the epic soundtrack (composed by Alexandre Astier himself). Special mention to the Castle of Kaamelott, which is seen from the outside for the first time in all its glory.

** Lancelot hires a bunch of Saxon mercenaries led by Horsa (Music/{{Sting}}) to help enforce his ReignOfTerror. They're expensive, but they're also good at their job, which is something quite rare in the MedievalMorons-[=populated=] kingdom of Logres.

* CallToAgriculture: Subverted, the knights who took up farming in Carmelide are just as inept at it as they were at being knights, and even argue with each other.

** In one episode, Arthur manages to trick Attila into thinking the Burgundians are allied with him by claiming their catapults are positioned to fire over the castle and into the Huns. In the movie it's mentioned that Burgundians are so incompetent at siege warfare that even if they could fire their catapults, they're too close to the castle and the projectiles would pass over it.

** Despite his bluntness and general assholery, Arthur genuinly genuinely holds the ideals of the Round Table (that all knights, no matter their origin, status or title, sit as equals around the table) in high regards, so much so that one of the few scenes not PlayedForLaughs in the film is when he sees the makeshift Round Table that some members of LaResistance made in the woods and insists that he and the ones present sit at it and introduce each other formally without a hint of irony or sarcasm.

* OffstageVillainy: We are told that Lancelot is a dreaded tyrant who ruined the kingdom and had children executed. Other than keeping Guinevere prisonner and the kingdom being broke, we never see his crimes.

After announcing he went on to prepare the second film, Alexandre Astier also went on to say he would like to explore the events that happened during the ten year long TimeSkip between the end of the series and the first film, an installment potentially titled ''Kaamelott: Resistance'', but he hasn't decided on which kind of media he'll do it yet.

Ten years have passed since Arthur Pendragon renounced the throne of Kaamelott and disappeared after handing it over to Lancelot du Lac, who has since established a reign of terror over the kingdom of Logres. The Knights of the Round Table have disbanded and formed pitiful pockets of resistance against Lancelot. Everyone wonders what happened to Arthur, from Lancelot (who wants him dead and put a bounty on his head) all the way to the clueless knights and oppressed smallfolk (who want him to return).

But does Arthur really want to bother coming back to Kaamelott, help these morons once more and reclaim the throne? Short answer: ''HELL NO''... but circumstances force him to anyway.