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The King Is Alive

  • May 2000
  • 1hr

    50mins

  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Christopher Ball,

    Kristian Levring,

    Peter Aalbæk Jensen,

    William Tyrer

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    Starring

    Romane Bohringer,

    David Calder,

    Jennifer Jason Leigh,

    David Bradley

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    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.