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The King Is Alive

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

While shifting airports by bus in Africa, a group of passengers is driven to the middle of nowhere in the desert by the driver that is following a defective compass. They run out of gas and they reach a ghost village inhabited by a single man, Kanana. One passenger that has experience with desert gives five advices to the others to survive in the spot, among them to keep the spirit high, while he travels through the desert seeking for help. One intellectual in the stranded group suggests the performance of King Lear to keep the morale of the survivors. Along the days, while hope decreases, the tension increases among the survivors.

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Info about The King Is Alive

Studio(s): Zentropa Entertainments, DR

Originally Released: United States, May 11, 2000

Production Countries: Denmark, Sweden, United States

Genres:Drama