The King Is Alive
As the sand shifts... madness nears.
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.
- Year: 2000
- Country: Denmark, Sweden, United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Zentropa Entertainments, DR, Newmarket Capital Group, Good Machine, TV 2, YLE
- Keyword: tourist, namibia, dogme 95, shakespearean
- Director: Kristian Levring
- Cast: Romane Bohringer, David Calder, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Bradley, Brion James, Miles Anderson