| Director: | David Michôd |
|---|---|
| Production: | Plan B (Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner), Porchlight Films (Liz Watts), Yoki (David Michôd), Blue-Tongue Films (Joel Edgerton), Netflix |
| Running Time: | 133’ |
| Language: | English, French |
| Country: | UK, Hungary |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Main Cast: | Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Tom Glynn-Carney, Lily-Rose Depp, Thomasin McKenzie, Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn |
| Screenplay: | David Michôd, Joel Edgerton |
| Cinematographer: | Adam Arkapaw |
| Editor: | Peter Sciberras |
| Production Designer: | Fiona Crombie |
| Costume Designer: | Jane Petrie |
| Music: | Nicholas Britell |
| Sound: | Robert Mackenzie, Sam Petty |
| Visual Effects: | Andrew Jackson |
Cinema
The King
Out of Competition
Synopsis
Hal, wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people. But when his tyrannical father dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V and is forced to embrace the life he had previously tried to escape. Now the young king must navigate the palace politics, chaos and war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life—including his relationship with his closest friend and mentor, the ageing alcoholic knight, John Falstaff.
Director’s Statement
Before Joel Edgerton and I embarked on a retelling of the story of Henry V, I never thought I’d find myself one day making a medieval movie. Swords and horses were never my thing. But the more we talked and the deeper I researched, the more excited I was by the idea of rendering the Middle Ages—its dirt, its brutality, its precariousness of life and death, its sheer other-worldliness—in a way that felt raw and human. I wanted the kind of medieval movie I might make—one devoid of the nationalist bombast normally associated with the story of Henry V and one that might illuminate the ways in which war can emerge from the swamp of power and paranoia, greed and hubris, fear and family.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, p.g.a., Jeremy Kleiner, p.g.a. - PLAN B
9150 Wilshire Boulevard
Headquarters 9150 - Beverly Hills, United States
PRODUCTION 2: Liz Watts, p.g.a - PORTCHLIGHT FILMS
1/18-20 Victoria St
NSW 204 – Australia
Tel. 31 6 297 292 79
PRODUCTION 3: David Michôd - YOKI, INC
United States
PRODUCTION 4: Joel Edgerton – Blue-Tongue Films
Australia
Tel. 31 6 297 292 797
OTHER COPRODUCTIONS: NETFLIX
ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION: Cai Mason – NETFLIX
100 Winchester Circle
CA95032 - Los Gatos, United States
Tel. 629729279
CMASON@NETFLIX.COM
ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Gianluca Pignatelli, Benedetta Lucherini, Daniele Massironi
gianluca@studiolucherinipignatelli.it
benny@studiolucherinipignatelli.it
daniele@studiolucherinipignatelli.it
PRESS OFFICE: DDA – Lucy Post, Priya Shanmuganathan, Paul Saunter
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