Short film
The King
2014 · 25 min
A quiet, odd mockumentary that blends deadpan humour with a wistful sense of exile and self-made legend.
- Directed by
- Larissa Figueiredo
- Genres
- Fantasy, Documentary
- Starring
- Miguel Seabra Lopes, Joana de Verona
- Overview
- A Portuguese king who disappeared in the desert of Morocco in the sixteenth century comes forward. Under the threat of having to return to Portugal in the XXI century, Dom Sebastian reveals his whereabouts and the secrets of the kingdom he built over all these years in faraway Ilha de Lençóis in Northeastern Brazil.
- How it feels
- Whimsical, melancholic, satirical and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, isolation, memory, power
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Larissa Figueiredo
- Genres
- Fantasy, Documentary
- Starring
- Miguel Seabra Lopes, Joana de Verona
