The King (2019)

Directed by

David Michôd

Genre

drama film, historical film, medieval film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom, Hungary

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 3,589 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young prince becomes king after his father's death and must deal with palace politics and an ongoing war. The story follows his struggle to lead and make difficult choices.

slow-burntensemelancholicbroodinggrittyintimatemeasuredheavy

What happens

The King is a 2019 epic historical drama film directed by David Michôd, based on several plays from William Shakespeare's Henriad. The screenplay was written by Michôd and Joel Edgerton, who both produced the film with Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Liz Watts. The King includes an ensemble cast led by Timothée Chalamet as the Prince of Wales and later King Henry V of England, alongside Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Lily-Rose Depp, Robert Pattinson, and Ben Mendelsohn. The film focuses on the rise of Henry V as king after his father dies as he also must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life. The King premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2019, and was released digitally via Netflix on 11 October 2019. The film received favourable reviews from film critics but, despite being presented as an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriad rather than as a historical documentary film, was criticised by historians for historical inaccuracies and for deviating from the original plays. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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