The King Is Alive (2000)
Release Year: 2000
Nation: Denmark, Sweden, United States of America
Alternative Title: Dogme # 4 - The King Is Alive, Dogme 4, Dogme IV
Director: Kristian Levring
Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen, Kristian Levring, William Shakespeare
Production & Genre
Producer(s):
Companies: DR, Good Machine, Newmarket Capital Group, TV 2, YLE, Zentropa Entertainments
Genre: Drama
Awards & Similar
Awards: N/A
Similar:
Keywords
Keywords: dogme 95, namibia, shakespearean, tourist
Story
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.
Summary
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.
