A United Kingdom
Release date: February 24, 2017
In London in 1947, a white London office worker named Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike) goes to a party with her sister and meets a young black man (David Oyelowo). She soon finds out that he is Prince Seretse Khama from Botswana who is soon to be King, having lost his father. When Seretse proposes marriage to her, Ruth's father disowns her. Nonetheless, they are married, but they have no idea what an outcry their union has caused.
When Seretse takes Ruth back home to Botswana to live, his uncle turns his back on him, stating that Seretse is unfit to rule. The English and South African governments are also against the union, and set up a ruse to get Seretse and Ruth to return to England, where they plan to separate the two.
Additional details
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 111 min
Director: Amma Asante
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Producers: Rick McCallum, Charlie Mason, Justin Moore-Lewy, Brunson Green, David Oyelowo, Peter Heslop
Screenplay: Guy Hibbert
Cast: David Oyelowo,Rosamund Pike,Jack Davenport,Tom Felton,Terry Pheto,Laura Carmichael
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