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.
Acting
Jean Rochefort's cowardly king steals every scene he's in
Director
Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean Rochefort
Arnold III of Corsalina
Roger Hanin
Victor Harris
Jean-Pierre Bacri
L'élégant
Philippe Khorsand
Clermont
Pierre-Loup Rajot
Léopold 'Léo' Tallier
Pauline Lafont
Maria-Helena
Jacques Villeret
Utte de Danemark
Eddy Mitchell
Jo Longo
Claude Piéplu
Lionel Costerman
Christophe Bourseiller
Jérémie Harris
Jess Hahn
Morrisson - TV Director
Laurent Spielvogel
Bourbon Chanterelle
Gabriel Jabbour
Arab Prince Abdallah Ibn
Jean-François Perrier
Salamanca y Leon
Christine Citti
Irina von Stoffen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean-Michel Ribes later became artistic director of Paris's Théâtre du Rond-Point, explaining the theatrical energy.
The title references the French tradition of galette des rois, where finding a hidden bean makes you 'king for a day'—ironic given everyone's broke.
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