The White King

The White King

The hardest thing to break is the human spirit.

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Release Date

6/18/2016

Runtime

89 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,494,400

Revenue

-

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A haunting portrait of childhood fractured by authoritarian cruelty, following a boy's unflinching determination to reclaim his father amid a collapsing state. The film dwells in the quiet devastation of ordinary life under dictatorship, where a child's hope becomes an act of defiance.

Mood

BleakDefiantMournfulTense

Themes

FamilyPowerCorruptionSurvivalComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturated

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceChild endangerment

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