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Completed - ENGLISH, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN - Comedy, Drama - 98 minutes

Log Line

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

Previous markets

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

Year of production : 2019

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

Producer(s) : Jessica WOODWORTH (Bo Films), Peter BROSENS (Bo Films)

Synopsis

After suffering a gunshot wound to the ear during an unfortunate incident in Sarajevo, the King of the Belgians wakes up on a Croatian island, once Tito’s famed summer residence. While he tries to escape from the island to save his Kingdom, an envoy arrives announcing that the King has been chosen to become the first Emperor of a nationalist Nova Europa. Fed up with others determining his destiny, the King takes matters into his own hands.

Production

Country(ies) : BELGIUM

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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