THE KINGS OF THE WORLD / LOS REYES DEL MUNDO
A film by Laura Mora
(Colombia/Norway/Luxembourg/Mexico/France, 2022, 110 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Director Laura Mora, who made a splash with her debut, Killing Jesus, joins forces with top Colombian producer-director Cristina Gallego (Birds of Passage, Oscar-nominated The Embrace of the Serpent) to deliver Kings of the World. The film follows five Medellín teenagers from the streets on a desperate journey of survival as it portrays with strong poetic undertones the reality of the injustice and exclusion suffered by those who lack basic rights such as a name, a family, a place and a date of birth. Rá, Culebro, Sere, Winny and Nano, five street kids from Medellin, five kings without a kingdom, with no law and no family, looking for The Promised Land. The five will embark on a trip to claim a piece of land that Rá inherited after a long process of land restitution. The Kings of the World is a subversive tale about a savage and lovely clan that transits between reality and delirium. A Journey to nowhere where anything can happen.
Now streaming on Netflix
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