The Fragile King (2022)

• drama
• arthouse

Logline

An older white man who is closer to death, Gerald King, is dumped with his 15 -year-old grandson in what becomes an astounding reality for the boy

Plot Summary

The Fragile King tells the story of an older white man, Gerald King, who is closer to death than life who gets dumped with his 15 -year-old grandson, when the child’s mother dies in a drunken car crash. The boy, who barely knows this old man, is shocked into a new reality when he is dumped in Gerald’s flat in Durban by social services. The film pays homage to the filmmaker’s grandfather.