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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.
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- 11 nominations
Olivia Williams
- Sophia
- (voice)
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- 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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Standing up for yourself without the gimmicks
I saw this at the opening at EIFF For once a movie that shows us an adolescent understanding how propaganda can blind you, and standing up for himself in a believable real life scenario. No sci-fi gimmicks or ninjas here- which is a reason why it may not appeal to some people. But this is real life, and if you are 12, these are the means you have at your disposal. How propaganda and politician's lies can deceive us is very topical at the moment - in national and international politics. The narrative is at times disjointed and I was not sure if it reflected the episodic nature of the original novel or the disorientation of the child (an excellent Lorenzo Allchurch) facing the realisation his world is different from what he believes A particularly believable performance by Jonathan Pryce as the grandfather torn between duty and love.
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- Also known as
- Белый король
- Filming locations
- Hungary(Filmed Entirely on Location)
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- Budget
- £2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $14,074
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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