The King Is Alive

The King Is Alive

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-05-11

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

Sweden, Denmark, USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1654 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

William Shakespeare (with: inspiration from "King Lear")

Kristian Levring

Anders Thomas Jensen

Fullplot:

While shifting airports by bus in Africa, a group of passengers is driven to the middle of nowhere in the desert by the driver that is following a defective compass. They run out of gas and they reach a ghost village inhabited by a single man, Kanana. One passenger that has experience with desert gives five advices to the others to survive in the spot, among them to keep the spirit high, while he travels through the desert seeking for help. One intellectual in the stranded group suggests the performance of King Lear to keep the morale of the survivors. Along the days, while hope decreases, the tension increases among the survivors.

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