A United Kingdom

2016 111 min ★ 6.7 Drama, History

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.

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Cast

David Oyelowo

Seretse Khama

Rosamund Pike

Ruth Williams-Khama

Tom Felton

Rufus Lancaster

Jack Davenport

Sir Alistair Canning

Terry Pheto

Naledi Khama

Laura Carmichael

Muriel Williams

Jessica Oyelowo

Lady Lilly Canning

Vusi Kunene

Tshekedi Khama

Nicholas Lyndhurst

George Williams

Arnold Oceng

Charles

Details

Director

Amma Asante

Screenplay

Guy Hibbert

Tagline

"The true story of a love that shook an empire"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$13,819,139

Production

Pathé, Yoruba Saxon, Harbinger Pictures, Perfect Weekend, Film United, Canal+, Ciné+, BBC Film, Ingenious Media, Fox Searchlight Pictures, BFI

Reviews

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Reno

July 13, 2017

★ 8/10

**The story of two kingdoms.** It got the mixed responses from all the quarters, but I had a little doubt that did I watched the same film! Because it was much better than what I have had heard from them. It's a biographical romance- drama from the director of 'Belle'. And like the inspiring life stories of Gandhi, Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. et cetera, this one falls in the same line. All ...