The King Is Alive (2000)
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Land: Denmark, Sweden, United States
Alternativtitel: Dogme # 4 - The King Is Alive, Dogme 4, Dogme IV
Regisseur: Kristian Levring
Autor: Anders Thomas Jensen, Kristian Levring, William Shakespeare
Produktion & Genre
Produzent(en):
Firmen: DR, Good Machine, Newmarket Capital Group, TV 2, YLE, Zentropa Entertainments
Genre: Drama
Auszeichnungen & Ähnliches
Auszeichnungen: N/A
Ähnlich:
Schlüsselwörter
Schlüsselwörter: dogme 95, namibia, shakespearean, tourist
Handlung
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Eleven bus-passengers find themselves stranded in an abandoned town of the Namibian desert due to a sandstorm. As days pass and rescue seems unlikely, they decide to stage Shakespeare's 'King Lear' as a means to keep their spirits high. However, the choice of play only serves to exacerbate tensions among the group, reflecting their own moral conflicts and anxieties.
Zusammenfassung
Der folgende Text ist nur auf Englisch verfügbar.
The King Is Alive is a Danish-Swedish-American drama film released in 2000, directed by Kristian Levring as part of the Dogme 95 movement. The movie follows a group of tourists stranded in an inhospitable desert landscape, struggling not only with their physical surroundings but also with their own psychological limitations and interpersonal dynamics.
