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The Kings of the World

Los reyes del mundo

2022

Five homeless teenage boys from Medellín — kings of nothing, with no law or family — set off on a perilous journey to claim a scrap of land one of them has inherited, chasing a promised land that keeps slipping away. A raw, lyrical road drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Colombia

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