After Kaamelott, Alexandre Astier’s daughter presents her first film

Cinema is a real family affair for the Astiers. After being a hit thanks to the series Kaamelott, Alexandre the father delighted the fans in 2021 after long years of waiting, with the First Part from the sequel to the cult series broadcast on M6. Today, her daughter’s turn is to get behind the camera with her first film.

After appearances in Kaamelott, his daughter goes behind the camera

In 2021, fans of Kaamelott finally discovered in the cinema the continuation of the series Kaamelott which became cult after its broadcast between 2005 and 2009 on M6. The program became extremely popular with its characters and lines. Kaamelott: First Part is a real success in French cinemas. It ends its exploitation at the box office by recording more than 2.6 million entries in France. In the end, it collected almost 22 million dollars internationally for a production budget of 15 million euros.

Alexandre and his daughter Jeanne Astier

While waiting to know when the sequel to the film will be released in theaters, fans of Alexandre Astier will still be able to go to theaters to discover the first film by the director’s daughter, Jeanne Astier. She revealed on her Instagram account the poster for her first feature film entitled The Gold Panner.

For the moment, we know very little (or almost nothing) about this production except that the young director called on the services of her younger sister, Ariane, to design the poster.

Cinema for the Astiers, a true passion

As a reminder, Jeanne, Ariane, Ethan and James are the children born from the union of the interpreter of King Arthur and the head costume designer of the series Kaamelott Anne-Gaëlle Daval. The four oldest children all made an appearance in Kaamelott. Alexandre Astier, is the father of seven children and six of them participated in his film Kaamelott: First Part.

Indeed, James plays the young knight Trevor, Neil the filmmaker’s eldest son, lends his features to the child version of King Arthur, Jeanne and Ariane who were in the series Mehben and Mehgan the daughters of Karadoc and Mevanwi in certain episodes are present in the feature film.

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Ethan, for his part, played Arthur’s dream son in the series and the young knight Lucan in the movie. Finally, Aaron makes an appearance in the Burgundian yurt scene at the end of the feature film. Only his last son, Isaac, does not appear in the series or in the film simply because he was born during filming.

Add to this Lionnel Astier and Joëlle Sevilla the actor’s parents who play the roles of Léodagan and Dame Séli and her half-brother Simon who plays Yvain only in the series yes, Kaamelott and cinema is a real family affair for the Astiers.

Kaamelott: Second Part was to enter pre-production in 2023 for a release that we hope will be announced this year.