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A 12-year-old boy rebels after a brutal government labels his father a traitor and imprisons him.A 12-year-old boy rebels after a brutal government labels his father a traitor and imprisons him.A 12-year-old boy rebels after a brutal government labels his father a traitor and imprisons him.
- Awards
- 11 nominations
Olivia Williams
- Sophia
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film is based on György Dragomán's multiple award winning novel, but the story has been transposed to fictitious near-future dictatorship. Dragomán said this about the film: "In my original novel I wanted to show freedom in a society where freedom should not exist. In their movie Alex and Jörg were brave enough to take my communist childhood tale and adapt it into a modern story, showing us that the threat to freedom is as eternal as our fight for it."
- GoofsIn a close-up shot of Djata as he watches a time-lapse video of a city skyline, viewers see reflections of two lights in his eyes that don't match with reflections that would actually be seen from the video he's watching. In a closer shot a few seconds later viewers do see reflections of the video in his eyes.
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This is a low budget, low-action, dystopian recycled story, apparently filmed in or near Hungary, with good british acting. I don't recommend it, even to dystopia fans. It's STAND BY ME meets 1984 / HANDMAID'S TALE et al. There's little there, there.
- movieswithgreg
- Nov 3, 2018
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Белый король
- Filming locations
- Hungary(Filmed Entirely on Location)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- £2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $14,074
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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