
Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his father again.... (Full plot summary below)
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Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his father again.
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| SciFiNowPoppy-Jay PalmerThe cast of politically diverse and divisive characters offer a very human look at both sides of the mechanics of a dictatorship, from the people constantly being affected by it to the people making it happen. |
| StarburstFred McNamaraThe story exudes natural confidence in its execution of that tension. It knows exactly when to pull you in and push you back. |
| PopMattersPaul RiskerThe White King is a bold and brave piece of filmmaking that embraces film as an incomplete form. The ideas are presented in such a way that they require the engagement of the audience. |
| ScreenAnarchyShelagh Rowan-LeggThe White King is an impressive feature debut... |
| The ListEmma SimmondsThe White King isn't especially thought-provoking, nor sophisticated enough to win over accompanying adults. Regardless, the combination of brutality-lite, high jinks and life lessons may be enough to satisfy older kids. |
| Total FilmPhilip KempCo-directors Alex Helfrecht and Jörg Tittel devise a convincingly scary dystopia crossing Nazi Germany with Stalin's Russia. Too bad Helfrecht's script lets it down. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineThis chilling undertone keeps the audience gripped even when the story seems to spin its wheels. |
| Observer (UK)Wendy IdeIt's an impressively realised world; the "Homeland" is an agrarian totalitarian state in which any form of dissent is quashed by jackboot justice. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonThe makers have clearly thought about what a future reversion to twentieth century-style tyranny would look like, and the design, anthems and details all ring true. |
| HeyUGuysStefan PapeWhat allows for the viewer to immerse themselves in this universe with such ease, is by having a child as our entry point, as we adopt their blissful perspective, observing and absorbing just as he is. |