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Watch an exclu­sive clip from dystopi­an dra­ma The White King

13 Dec 2016

Words by David Jenkins

Jonathan Pryce and Agy­ness Deyn star in this upcom­ing por­trait of an oppressed society.

Set in an unspec­i­fied future world dur­ing a fic­ti­tious dic­ta­tor­ship, The White King por­trays a soci­ety decayed by an oppres­sive régime. Based on Györ­gy Dragomán’s acclaimed nov­el, the film is pitched some­where between George Orwell’s ​‘1984’ meets JG Ballard’s ​‘Empire of the Sun’, and boasts an impres­sive cast includ­ing Jonathan Pryce, Agy­ness Deyn and Olivia Williams along­side new­com­er Loren­zo Allchurch.

Writ­ten and direct­ed by Alex Hel­frecht and Jörg Tit­tel, it tells the sto­ry of a young boy named Dja­ta (Allchurch) whose father is held cap­tive under the com­mand of a total­i­tar­i­an state. Exploit­ed by the secret police and cor­rupt offi­cials, Dja­ta and his moth­er are forced to tra­verse a land over­run with greed, pro­pa­gan­da and vicious gangs. Check out an exclu­sive clip from the film above and let us know what you think @LWLies

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The White King is in cin­e­mas 27 Jan­u­ary and on DVD 30 January.

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