Tagline: Don’t let your family get caught in the crossfire.
Kings stars Oscar winner Halle Berry and Daniel Craig as citizens of the same South Central Los Angeles neighborhood set against a backdrop of rising racial tensions during the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992. In her first English-language film following the critically acclaimed Mustang, writer-director Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Kings tells a dramatic story of family bonds and the lengths one mother will go to bring her children home.
Halle Berry stars as Millis, a tough and protective single foster mother of eight who must ally herself with Obie (Daniel Craig), her neighbor and a local loose cannon, when racial tensions start to run dangerously high. As the civil unrest in Los Angeles grows following the acquittal of four of the officers accused of beating Rodney King, Millie and Obie must navigate the chaos that surrounds them in order to ensure her children’s safety. Kings focuses on the fragility of family relationships and touches on turmoil and tensions of the past, which sadly prove to be more relevant than ever in today’s social and political climate.
Kings is a 2017 English-language romance film written and directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven. The film stars Halle Berry and Daniel Craig. The film had its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2017. The film was screened during three days as part of Stockholm’s International Film Festival held in November 2017. The film was screened at the Torino Film Festival in Italy before opening wide by Spring 2018.
Kings (2018)
Directed by: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Starring: Halle Berry, Daniel Craig, Lamar Johnson, Kaalan Walker, Rachel Hilson, Issac Ryan Brown, Serenity Reign Brown, Reece Cody, Gary Yavuz Perreau, Lorrie Odom, Lewis T. Powell
Screenplay by: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Production Design by: Celine Diano
Cinematography by: David Chizallet
Film Editing by: Mathilde Van de Moortel
Costume Design by: Mairi Chisholm
Set Decoration by: Nancy Niksic
Art Direction by: David S. Bridson, Anne Humblet
Music by: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
MPAA Rating: R for violence, sexual content/nudity, and language throughout.
Distributed by: The Orchard
Release Date: April 27, 2018
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