The Three Kings

(2001)

★ 5.7 IMDb · 351 votes

Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Year: 2001

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: France

Director: Дидье Бурдон, Bernard Campan

Cast: Дидье Бурдон, Bernard Campan, Pascal Légitimus, Virginie de Clausade, Nathalie Roussel, Claude Brosset, Дидье Фламан, Walid Afkir, Christophe Hémon, Colette Maire

Plot

The Three Wise Men – Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard – are on their way to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus when they are suddenly, an inexplicably, transported two thousand years into the future. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris, where they encounter a young woman called Macha who, they are convinced, will lead them to the newborn Messiah.

Through a quirk in the space time continuun the three magi (the director Didier Bourdon as Balthazar, Bernard Campan as Melchior, and Pascal Legitimus as Gaspard) find themselves in various parts of the modern world in their quest for the christ child. Their paths merge in Paris. On their quest they touch people's lives where their reactions to values and technology give rise to much humour. Their identity is guessed by a canny marketer who recognises their commercial potential, takes advantage of their naivette, and ruthlessly exploits them. They become instant celebrities, but soon become jaded and disillusioned. They opt out, resuming their quest with a reluctant assistant Macha (Virginie de Clausade),who has problems of her own. Eventually they return to their own era.