The King Is Alive

2000
15
1h 50m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Drama

When a bus breaks down in the desert, the passengers decide to stage "King Lear."When a bus breaks down in the desert, the passengers decide to stage "King Lear."When a bus breaks down in the desert, the passengers decide to stage "King Lear."

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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A brilliant and yet cruel tale of the human condition by the words of Shakespeare's King Lear.

A brilliant and yet cruel tale of the human condition by the words of Shakespeare's King Lear. The true nature of this film is in the relationship between the rawness of the desert and the fragility of the social being. Amazingly, the spirit of the desert witnesses the demise of a group of people who are facing death, acting Shakespeare to deceive it and ironically get deceived by fate itself at the end. The realistic notion, given by hand-held camera as well by the wonderful colors captured, will dive one's in the crucial themes of the movie: death, love and hope.

joaofds
Sep 29, 2003
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Trivia
This is the fourth film to be made according to the Dogme 95 rules. The Dogme 95 was founded by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen and Kristian Levring.