The King Is Alive
As the sand shifts... madness nears.
Directed by Kristian Levring
Produced by Zentropa Entertainments, DR
A bleak, intellectually demanding survival drama where stranded travelers stage King Lear in the desert, using Shakespeare's tragedy as a mirror to their own moral unraveling.
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.
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