The White King (2016)

06/18/2016Drama, Science Fiction1h 29m
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The hardest thing to break is the human spirit.

Overview

Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his father again.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Lorenzo Allchurch

    Djata

  2. Cast 1

    Agyness Deyn

    Hannah

  3. Cast 1

    Fiona Shaw

    Kathrin Fitz

  4. Cast 1

    Ross Partridge

    Peter

  5. Cast 1

    Jonathan Pryce

    Colonel Fitz

  6. Cast 1

    Greta Scacchi

    General Meade

  7. Cast 1

    Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

    Pickaxe

  8. Cast 1

    Clare-Hope Ashitey

    Gaby

  9. Cast 1

    Olivia Williams

    Sophia (voice)

Despite having a solid cast, this is a really pretty lacklustre story about a young boy "Djata" (Lorenzo Allchurch) who together with his mother "Hannah" (Agyness Deyn) must fight against a dictatorship that has arrested his father "Peter" (Ross Partridge) and branded them both traitors. His grandfather "Col. Fitz" (Jonathan Pryce) is a high ranking officer in this rather Draconian regime so there is plenty of plot for us to get out teeth into - except, well, there isn't really. The characterisations are undercooked; the dialogue offers us little to augment that and aside from the effort from ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$2,494,400.00

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