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Release Date:
January 17, 2014
Original Title:
Brev til kongen
Alternate Titles:
Brev til Kongen
Letter to the King
Una carta para el Rey
نامە بۆ پادشا
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Films Farms
Production Countries:
Norway | United Arab Emirates
Ratings / Certifications:
NO: 12
Runtime: 75
In Letter to the King we meet a group of refugees, all with their own agendas, on an excursion to Oslo. A young man about to be deported visits his former employers to collect his off-the-books salary, a martial arts expert is looking for work, a young woman is haunted by the past and out for vengeance and an old man named Mirza is busy writing a letter to the king to get his final wish granted. An altogether urgent and nuanced portrait of a motley group of individuals, too often regarded as a homogeneous group.
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Cinematography:
Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen
Director:
Hisham Zaman
Editor:
Sverrir Kristjánsson
Inge-Lise Langfeldt
Arild Tryggestad
Executive Producer:
Tom Kjeseth
Knud Bjørne-Larsen
Hardi Askari
First Assistant Director:
Eirikur Granneman
Music:
David Reyes
Post Production Producer:
Øyvind Otto Holm-Johnsen
Producer:
Hisham Zaman
Alan R. Milligan
Screenplay:
Hisham Zaman
Mehmet Aktaş
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