A United Kingdom
(2016)
★ 6.6 IMDb · 553 votes
Year: 2016
Runtime: 111 мин
Country: Czech Republic, France
Director: Amma Asante
Cast: Дэвид Ойелоуо, Розамунд Пайк, Том Фелтон, Джек Дэвенпорт, Terry Pheto, Лаура Кармайкл, Jessica Oyelowo, Vusi Kunene, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Арнольд Ошенг
Plot
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
In the late 1940s, Prince Seretse Khama of Bechuanaland is studying law in Britain in preparation for his eventual ascension to the throne. There, the dashing prince falls in love with a white British clerk, Ruth Williams, and they plan to marry. While they suspect that his uncle, the Regent, would disapprove, nothing prepares them for the diplomatic firestorm and domestic political tumult their defiant love would spark. Now facing a citizenry leery of a white Briton as their Queen, the international opposition is even more unyielding from the British holding their land as a protectorate and fearful of South Africa's racist backlash to this affront to their apartheid domination. Against all odds, King Khama and Ruth must struggle to maintain their love and help their people in a land that would become the Republic of Botswana.