On October 31, 2009, Alexandre Astier concluded the last episode of his
Kaamelott
series
with a promise: “
Soon, Arthur will be a hero again.
Over a decade later, that day has arrived.
“
It's not that much, ten years.
In any case, on the set, we did not even talk about it.
Even with the very old.
We didn't think it was cool to meet again.
We didn't waste a single second of the entire production saying to ourselves: "What a long way"!
We just started working again.
We did what we like to do, ”
the director tells BFM.
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Set ten years after the events recounted in the series,
Kaamelott - Premier Volet
(
KV1
for close friends) tells how Arthur will unite, or at least try to do it, his former knights to overthrow the tyrannical Lancelot du Lac and his Saxon mercenaries, who are reigning terror over the kingdom of Logres.
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The gods, insulted by this cruel dictatorship, provoke the return of Arthur Pendragon and the advent of resistance.
Will Arthur manage to unite the rebel clans, overthrow his rival, retake Kaamelott and restore peace on the island of Brittany?
If the absurd logorrhea of his grieving characters is present, Alexandre Astier is renewing himself by offering unusual scenes in the universe of
Kaamelott
, which is mainly based on silences and music. To make room for an emotion that did not exist in the series.
As funny as the first seasons,
KV1
develops the melancholy atmosphere of the final season, whose action set during Arthur's youth in Rome made it possible to discover the complex personality of a king who had become depressed and suicidal. The film premiered in many theaters this Tuesday, including at the Grand Rex in Paris (all screenings are already full). The opportunity to go and dive again, despite new sanitary constraints, in the medieval universe of the knight Astier and to continue to write new crazy pages of the Arthurian legend.