

A United Kingdom
The true story of a love that shook an empire
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $14M
- Box office
- $13.8M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- africa
- marriage
- apartheid
- biography
- based on true story
- botswana
- interracial marriage
- racism
- king
- woman director
- colonial history
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Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremierePalm Springs International Film Festival9 Jan 2017
- TheatricalPG-1310 Feb 2017
United KingdomGB
- Premiere12London Film Festival6 Oct 2016
- Theatrical1225 Nov 2016
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical26 Dec 2016
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival9 Sept 2016
- Theatrical (limited)24 Feb 2017
AustriaAT
- Digital / OTT1231 Mar 2017
BotswanaBW
- Theatrical9 Dec 2016
DenmarkDK
- Theatricalt.o.119 Mar 2017
FranceFR
- Theatrical1229 Mar 2017
- TVT1813 Aug 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical630 Mar 2017
GreeceGR
- Theatrical31 Aug 2017
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1225 Nov 2016
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT2 Feb 2017
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A United Kingdom was released on 25 November 2016.
Audience reviews
1- R8/10
Reno
7/13/2017
**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 of their life events…
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