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La Galette du roi (1986)

La Galette du roi (1986)

Comedy
Release Date: 1986, January 29
Directors: Jean-Michel Ribes
Countries: France
Production: Hachette Première, Hachette Première, MG Productions, MG Productions, Partner's Productions, Partner's Productions
Cast: Laurent Spielvogel, Roger Hanin, Jacques Villeret, Jean Rochefort, Elena Cantarone, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Roland Blanche, François Lalande, Eolo Capritti, Jean-François Perrier, Claude Piéplu, Gabriel Jabbour

Overview:

In this conventional, broadly comic farce of greed and royal matrimony, nearly bankrupt businessman Victor Harris is marrying Maria-Helena, a princess who comes with a dowry that is made up of one half of her island kingdom. Her father, the cowardly King Arnold III is counting on the money this marriage will bring him. The country is now almost bankrupt because of the king's gambling debts. As Harris and the king look forward to their illusory profits from the royal merger, other characters add some liveliness to the otherwise predictable story.