The King Is Alive
MovieTitle | The King Is Alive |
User score | 6 |
Release date | May 11, 2000 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Kristian Levring |
Production country | Denmark, Sweden, United States of America |
Production companies | Zentropa Entertainments, DR, Newmarket Capital Group, Good Machine, TV 2, YLE |
Run time | 110 min. |
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.