based on novel or book,dystopia,dictatorship,family,woman director

The White King (2016)

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The hardest thing to break is the human spirit.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Alex Helfrecht
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    Djata Lorenzo Allchurch
  • Profile picture of Agyness Deyn
    Hannah Agyness Deyn
  • Profile picture of Fiona Shaw
    Kathrin Fitz Fiona Shaw
  • Profile picture of Ross Partridge
    Peter Ross Partridge
  • Profile picture of Jonathan Pryce
    Colonel Fitz Jonathan Pryce
  • Profile picture of Greta Scacchi
    General Meade Greta Scacchi
  • Profile picture of Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
    Pickaxe Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
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    Gaby Clare-Hope Ashitey

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • dystopia
  • dictatorship
  • family
  • woman director