Le Roi Soleil : Pourquoi j'ai DÉTESTÉ ce thriller français

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Accrochez-vous, car aujourd'hui, on décortique "Le Roi Soleil", un film qui a divisé votre grand expert, l'immense Vizir ! Découvrez pourquoi ce thriller social présenté à Cannes n'a pas convaincu, malgré une réalisation technique soignée et un jeu d'acteur correct.

L'intrigue prometteuse d'un gain au loto qui tourne mal dans un PMU se noie dans des invraisemblances. L'amateurisme des personnages face à un meurtre et des incohérences scénaristiques font dérailler l'immersion.

Malgré une thématique de cupidité intéressante et une esthétique visuelle réussie, le film s'enlise dans la longueur. Notre critique vous explique pourquoi "Le Roi Soleil" est plus un téléfilm qu'une œuvre cinématographique incontournable.

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00:00Hello Emotions, today we're going to talk about a movie that I didn't like at all.

00:06And don't mind that, it's just my vizier headdress.

00:08A great vizier must be able to take care of his hair too.

00:13Yeah, okay, it's a mask, stop judging, it's a mask, okay?

00:15I'm trying to save what little hair I have left.

00:17So, The Sun King.

00:20The Sun King is a police drama, a social thriller behind closed doors,

00:24directed by Vincent Maël Cardona, co-author of the screenplay with Olivier Demanguel,

00:31released in 2025, presented in a midnight screening at the Cannes Film Festival,

00:37released in theaters on August 27, 2025.

00:40And the synopsis is as follows, we are in a PMU bar in Élabri de Versailles, called Le Roi Soleil.

00:47A regular discovers he has won more than 200 million euros in the lottery,

00:51and he's off to collect his winnings, except it doesn't go as planned.

00:55and it's going to turn into a bit of a hostage situation.

01:00And we're going to see lots of different human beings, from different backgrounds,

01:03who will try to make fun of each other to justify the fact

01:07that they are the ones who won the lottery.

01:10So they're going to alter the truth to try to make it so that...

01:13I assure you, this is not a spoiler, it is really the beginning of the story.

01:18So now I understand the meaning of a film presented at the Cannes Film Festival,

01:25because, throughout the entire film, I wanted to smoke.

01:30It was long. It was terribly long.

01:32It was too long for what it was.

01:34Actually, my opinion on this film is that, technically, it is well made.

01:41I have nothing to say. The technique is very clean.

01:44The light is very very beautiful.

01:46In many shots, in many scenes, it's magnificent.

01:49It's well managed.

01:51As for the acting, it's good too.

01:56Even if some characters are sometimes not very credible.

01:59In fact, my perception of credibility has shifted to the sense that...

02:03They're trying to cover up a murder, okay?

02:05And today, we live in a time where many people are passionate about true crime.

02:12There are tons of true crime videos on the internet that explain how to hide bodies.

02:16There are tons of crime series that talk about this.

02:19NCIS, New York, Special Unit.

02:22In fact, I believe most people have a minimal understanding of how to hide a body.

02:29And there, we will follow a team of beginners.

02:32But then, when I say beginners, I really mean beginners at...

02:36I wanted to give them pies.

02:37That is to say, it is even grotesque at that level.

02:42The first thing that comes to mind if you have to hide a body is to watch out for fingerprints.

02:47They are trying to make up a story.

02:48And of course, in their story, there is the problem of the fingerprints not working.

02:53This is not a spoiler, it is not related to the film.

02:55But it's the kind of enormity that is there, that is present and that made it difficult for me to stay in the film.

03:02It took me out of the movie.

03:03There are things where I was like, but wait, but anyway...

03:06And what's more, they're cops.

03:08That's the worst part.

03:09It's just that these are cops making rookie mistakes.

03:12So we feel like we're following a team of interns and cops on a rotating basis.

03:18Even, perhaps even alternation.

03:20And so, it's a little grotesque.

03:22Which is a shame, because the storyline, the basic idea, is really interesting.

03:29Seeing the worst of humanity tearing itself apart for...

03:33Because in fact, it's a theme of greed.

03:36And very human, very social.

03:39The theme is fascinating, but it could have been so much better.

03:43It's really two hours of film to finally get to...

03:46Ah, all that for that.

03:48So, I absolutely do not recommend it.

03:51I don't recommend going to the cinema to see it.

03:53I think it's a TF1 TV movie that's more than enough to watch on TV.

04:00And that's a shame.

04:02It's a shame, because again, the film is good in itself.

04:06The theme is good.

04:07The technique is excellent.

04:09Above all, once again, above all the light.

04:11Although some of the framing was a little weird.

04:13At one point, there is a sequence shot that does a sort of 360, which follows one of the characters who leaves.

04:21And the sequence shot ends with an overturned chair.

04:25You say to yourself, well, okay, this is an element, this is a Chekhov's gun that is placed there to be used later.

04:30Like, for example, it's the little detail they didn't think about that will get them caught.

04:35Absolutely not.

04:38No way.

04:39The movie is over, I have no idea why there was that shot of that chair.

04:42Other than maybe the cameraman has a wood fetish, I don't know.

04:48But there are plans like that, in fact, that make no sense.

04:52And conversely, there are ideas for editing, sequence shots, or even sometimes...

05:02So, I don't know if it's a single sequence shot or if it's fake sequence shots,

05:05but there are some ideas that are extremely interesting.

05:09And there are others where it falls a little flat, where you don't understand why.

05:13The story editing, it starts to get interesting at the beginning.

05:18And actually, it's a shame, I think there would have been more dynamism and more impact.

05:21In fact, if there had been more randomness between the possible present or the possible future

05:31and what is currently happening in their room,

05:33In fact, I think what would have been interesting would have been to see how they agree on an idea.

05:38and see the direct impact it has on the present.

05:40For example, there, they made such a mistake, and hop, we see the commissioner who says

05:45"Oh yeah, but you forgot to tell us that there was such and such a thing?"

05:49And hop, see where the problem and this decision comes from.

05:51I don't know if what I'm saying is clear, but

05:52A better leap between past and present, I think it could have boosted the thing.

05:57Because there are actually too many death events.

06:04which makes it a kind of spoof movie

06:10closer to the somewhat crappy horror series, The Final Destination

06:19than a closed-door film where I came out in mode

06:24"Okay, the choice of closed doors makes sense, okay, it's incredible, like the Hateful Eight."

06:30I think so, no, it wasn't the Dirty Eight, I don't remember.

06:32Yes, I think it was The Hateful Eight, the last closed-door show I saw, but...

06:34Anyway, it seemed like a really textbook answer.

06:38of a guy who came out, apparently came out of film school

06:42and who just applied by A plus B his formula that he learned well

06:46and there you have it, it's a nice application, it's very functional.

06:52Now, is it worth the trip to the cinema for this?

06:55My answer is no and I think I would put him...

06:59Finally, I would be willing to pay...

07:03€1.92 to see it.

07:08Yeah, no more.

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DoisJeLeVoiril y a 4 semaines
Quel gachi ce film... bon casting, bon concept mais ça tombe à plat

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