SAFF Canada 2023

The Fragile King

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The Fragile King
The Fragile King follows two estranged members of the King family, who are thrown together by a tragic death.
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A film by Student Oscar Award winner, Tristan Holmes, The Fragile King tells the story of an older white man, Gerald King - closer to death than life - who gets left with his 15 year-old grandson after the child's mother dies in a drunken car crash. The boy, who barely knows this old man, is shocked into a new reality when he is dumped in Gerald’s flat in Durban by social services. The film pays homage to the filmmaker’s grandfather. 


Laurels:

-         Best International Feature Film Overcome Film Festival 2022

-         Best Actor in a Feature Film Overcome Film Festival 2022

-         Best Director New Renaissance Film Festival 2022

-         Best Cinematography Motion Pictures International Film Festival 2022


Film Festival Co-Presenter: Vancouver Film School


  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    98 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    South Africa
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Content Warning
    Contains scenes with nudity, coarse language and violence
  • Director
    Tristan Holmes
  • Screenwriter
    Tristan Holmes
  • Producer
    Cati Weinek, Dumi Gumbi, Adam Thal
  • Filmmaker
    Tristan Holmes
  • Cast
    Andrew Buckland, Antoinette Louw, Nthati Moshesh, Jennifer Steyn, Jonathan Pienaar, Morné Visser, Esmerelda Bihl, Alex De La Rey
  • Cinematographer
    Lance Gewer
  • Editor
    Bruce Mclaren Lyall
  • Production Design
    Andree Du Preez
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