Review of Kungen

Kungen (2023)
9/10
Big cinema
29 October 2023
Aims High and delivers. The interviewer/producer Karin Af Klintberg is one of Swedens best documentary makers.

She puts faith in the pictures, here it isong sequences with great photography and cinematic music, a lot of classical music and opera. A bit pretentious and I love it.

Not a journalistic piece but has some cinematic ambitions.

The story about the king is somewhat untold. He had a struggle in his life with his dad passing away early and he has to take on the role as the king. The king is surprisingly open and delivers a good performance.

This is much better than I would ever hoped for, even though I really like Karin Af Klingberg's style. As for the negative reviews, we'll this is not a portrait to please royalists. This is something more, a deeply human picture. All thumbs up.
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