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Audio Format: DD 5.1 Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 Languages: French, Thai Subtitles: English, Thai Region Code: 3, PAL Year Made: 2005 Running Time: 101
Please note: Please verify that PAL formatted DVD will play on your machine prior to purchasing this title. (PAL TV and DVD players required.)
From the opening sequence of Palais Royal! - a mischievous riff on Princess Diana's funeral floorshow - Valerie Lemercier's cards are on the table, and they add up to a royal flush. As writer, director and star, Lemercier skewers several strands of European royalty while telling the story of an unlikely princess who transforms herself into a 'Queen of Hearts'.
 Lemercier's frumpy, funnygirl features seem perfect for the role of Armelle, the clumsy but sweet wife of cocksure aristo, Arnaud (the excellent Lambert Wilson). In fact, she's a caterpillar, soon to burst forth as a scheming, manipulative and totally selfish butterfly. When Arnaud is unexpectedly catapulted to King Elect, Armelle is thrust into the limelight where she summarily cocks up each royal engagement, much to chagrin of the conniving Queen Mother (a perfectly cast Catherine Deneuve). The faux pas pile up as every real-life royal catastrophe is recreated to comic effect. When Armelle discovers her King has been out conquering his best friend's wife her transformation from sweet royal laughing stock to devious national sweetheart begins.
As Deneuve and Lemercier's battle descends into an all-out political catfight there is a sense that some jokes are being stretched a little thin, but Palais Royal! still hits several high notes. Best of all are the satirical swipes at royalty's history of misguided misanthropy: "Poundcakes for the Poor", "One Waffle, One Vaccine" and, best of all, "Give Peace a Jump".
Special Features:
- Out Takes
- Music Video
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