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  1. Feb 10, 2017 · 4 min read. For a movie about two people who loved each other so deeply, they risked losing everything to be together—their families, homes, even their countries—“A United Kingdom” plays it frustratingly safe. Based on the true story of the former king of Botswana and the British woman whose marriage in the late 1940s caused an ...

  2. Box office. $14.4 million [ 4 ] A United Kingdom is a 2016 biographical romantic drama film directed by Amma Asante and written by Guy Hibbert, based on the true-life romance of Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of the Bangwato Tribe in Serowe – one of many tribes found in then Bechuanaland Protectorate – with his wife Ruth Williams Khama ...

  3. A United Kingdom enters cinemas today, telling the true story of how the King of Bechaunaland in Africa (aka the chieftain of the Bamangwato tribe) Seretse Khama married British office worker Ruth ...

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  4. Dec 5, 2016 · A United Kingdom tells the true story of the Khama’s much maligned, highly publicised marriage in London in 1948 and its dire consequences; not only for the couple personally, but also around the political fallout for the British Empire and South African government, which made it even more powerful and poignant. This film blew me away.

  5. Nov 30, 2016 · Film review: A United Kingdom. Ali Roff reviews our film of the month, directed by Amma Asante. By Psychologies. A real-life fairy tale, this is the true story of ordinary working-class British woman, Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), and African prince, Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo). Set in the late 1940s, the young couple meet in London and fall ...

  6. Jun 27, 2017 · A United Kingdom depicts the romance between Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), a clerk from Blackheath, London, and Seretse Khama (Oyelowo), a law student and soon-to-be Botswanan King, in 1947. The ...

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  8. Such a film is A United Kingdom, the true story of Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo, “Queen of Katwe”) and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”), an African tribal prince and London office clerk who married in the late 1940s. The film charts the journey of Seretse and Ruth from initially meeting and falling in love in London, through their struggle to be accepted by both Seretse’s ...

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