A United Kingdom

PG-13

“The true story of a love that shook an empire”

2016·111 min·Released

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

6.7TMDb

6.9IMDb

83%RT

Theatrical Nov 25, 2016

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Drama History

Overview

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.