KING OF THE BELGIANS

By Peter BROSENS, Jessica WOODWORTH

A-ONE FILMS ESTONIA - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, ESTONIA

Comedy - Completed 2016

KING OF THE BELGIANS is a road movie in which a dormant King gets lost in the Balkans and awakens to the real world.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2016
World Cinema
Venice - Biennale 2016
Orizzonti
Ostend FF 2017
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Comedy, Drama, Road movie
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, BULGARIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, FLEMISH, FRENCH, BULGARIAN, SERBIAN, ALBANIAN
    • Duration
    • 94 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Peter BROSENS, Jessica WOODWORTH
    • Writer(s)
    • Peter BROSENS, Jessica WOODWORTH
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/624F-15E3-214F-DC66-0EF4-I
    • Producer(s)
    • Peter BROSENS (BO FILMS), Jessica WOODWORTH (BO FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • King Nicolas III is a lonely soul who has the distinct feeling he’s living the wrong life. He embarks on a state visit to Istanbul with a British filmmaker, Duncan Lloyd, who has been commissioned by the Palace to shoot a documentary intended to polish the monarch’s rather dull image. The news breaks that Wallonia, Belgium’s southern half, has declared its independence. The King, bursting with purpose, must return home at once to save his kingdom. And for once, he declares, he will write his own damn speech. As they rally to depart, a solar storm strikes the earth causing communications to collapse and airspace to shut down. No phones. No planes. To make matters worse, Turkish security coldly dismisses the King’s suggestion they return home by road. But the King has no intention of waiting out this storm. Lloyd, sniffing an opportunity of historical proportions, hatches a dubious escape plan that involves flowery dresses and singing Bulgarians.Thus begins their undercover odyssey across the Balkans, a journey that’s loaded with wrong turns, startling encounters and moments of fleeting joy.