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The King (2005)
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In this unsettling drama from British director James Marsh, Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries) stars as Elvis, a young man newly discharged from the navy who arrives in a Texas city to find David Sandow (William Hurt), the father that he's never met. But Sandow has become a prominent churchman with a family of his own and wants nothing to do with his illegitimate son. Perhaps out of spite, perhaps out of a genuine need for love, Elvis then begins a covert affair with his half-sister (Pell James), who's unaware of his actual identity. From then on, this peculiar drama evolves into a nicely nasty slice of southern gothic. Marsh's background in documentary films (The Burger and the King, Wisconsin Death Trip) shows in his studied use of locations and extras, building a hypnotic atmosphere that Deep South writers like Flannery O'Connor would have applauded. Bernal, sporting a flawless American accent, is superb. LF
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Running time
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99min
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Country of origin
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US / UK
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Genre
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Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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James Marsh, Milo Addica
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Theatrical distributor
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Tartan
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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May 2006
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