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Completed - ENGLISH, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN - Drama, Comedy - 99 minutes

Log Line

How the last King of the Belgians becomes the first Emperor of Europe.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2019 (Debut)
  • Toronto 2019 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2020 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Jessica WOODWORTH, Peter BROSENS
Cast : Peter VAN DEN BEGIN, Lucie DEBAY, Titus DE VOOGDT, Bruno GEORIS, Géraldine CHAPLIN, Udo KIER

Producer(s) : Peter BROSENS (Bo Films), Jessica WOODWORTH (Bo Films), Frans VAN GESTEL (Topkapi Films), Arnold HESLENFELD (Topkapi Films), Laurette SCHILLINGS (Topkapi Films), Boris t. MATIC (Propeler Film), Lana MATIC (Propeler Film), Stefan KITANOV (Art Fest), Mira STALEVA (Art Fest), Marc-henri WAJNBERG (Wajnbrosse Productions)

Synopsis

Nicolas III, King of the Belgians, suffers a gunshot wound to the ear during an unfortunate incident in Sarajevo. He wakes up in a sanatorium on a Croatian island that once was Tito’s renowned summer residence. The King’s entourage tries in vain to protect him from the news that the recent implosion of their kingdom has sparked the collapse of the European Union. The fragile King demands to return home at once, but instead he is condemned to a strict regime of rest and rehabilitation by the authoritarian sanatorium director, Dr. Otto Kroll. A delegation from Vienna arrives headed by the distinguished Dr. Ilse von Stroheim, architect of a nationalist Nova Europa. She bears the thunderous news that the last King of the Belgians will become the first Emperor of Europe. The King, fed up with others determining his destiny, decides to take matters into his own hands.

Production

Country(ies) : BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, CROATIA, BULGARIA

BELGIUM Mar 04, 2020 LUMIÈRE (GHENT)
BULGARIA Mar 27, 2020 SOFIA INTERNATI
ESTONIA A-ONE FILMS EST
LITHUANIA A-ONE FILMS BAL


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Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019 Contemporary World Cinema
Warsaw FF 2019
Rotterdam IFF 2020 Voices


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