The King Is Alive

The King Is Alive (2000)

R 11 May 2001 • Drama • 1h 50m
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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.

Kristian Levring
Director
William Shakespeare, Kristian Levring, Anders Thomas Jensen
Writer
Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, David Bradley
Starring

Language: English, French
Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, South Africa, Norway, United States
Metacritic Score: 52
DVD Release Date:
Box Office Total: $17,929

6.3

IMDb (1989 votes)
60%
Rotten Tomatoes
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