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Down With The King

Director

Diego Ongaro

Starring

Freddie Gibbs, Jamie Neumann, David Krumholtz, Sharon Washington, Bob Tarasuk

Year

Genre

2021 | United States | English | 100 Minutes

Money Merc, a famous rapper disillusioned with the music industry and the pressures of being a celebrity, leaves the city and his career behind to find himself in a small-town farming community.

The Playlist – “AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE FROM GIBBS, AND NOT WITHOUT LEVITY (…) HARMONY OF EMOTION AND VISUALS MAKES THE FILM A COMPLETE CIRCUIT.”

Ion Cinema – “UNSURPRISINGLY AUTHENTIC (…) GIBBS SHINES IN THIS SIMMERING PORTRAIT.”

Slate – “A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY (…) INCREDIBLE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, HUMOR, AND A SENSE OF EVERYDAY REALITIES.”

Mediapart –  “WITH A SUBTLETY OF STAGING THAT TAKES ROOT IN THE SIMPLICITY OF A CLASSIC AMERICAN STORY, DIEGO ONGARO HAS CREATED A HUMANISTIC STORY.”

Cinemateaser –  “GIBBS IS POWERFUL AND CONVINCING (…) A SUBLIME EXISTENTIAL DRAMA AND AN ENTERTAINING FILM OF GREAT HUMILITY.”

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Producer(s)

Zach LeBeau, Kim Jackson, Rob Cristiano

Executive Producer(s)

Freddie Gibbs, Jake Craven