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The King Is Alive (2000)
Directed by Kristian Levring
“As the sand shifts... madness nears.”
Drama · 1h 50m
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.
Cast
Romane Bohringer
David Calder
Jennifer Jason Leigh
David Bradley
Brion James
Miles Anderson
Bruce Davison
Janet McTeer
Chris Walker
Vusi Kunene
Lia Williams
Crew
- Director
- Kristian Levring
- Writer
- Anders Thomas Jensen, Kristian Levring
- Director of Photography
- Jens Schlosser
- Editor
- Nicholas Wayman-Harris
- Producer
- Malene Blenkov, Vibeke Windeløv, Svend Abrahamsen, Patricia Kruijer
Details
- Release date
- 2000-05-11
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French
- Countries
- Denmark, Sweden, United States of America
- Production
- Zentropa Entertainments, DR, Newmarket Capital Group, Good Machine, TV 2, YLE