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Adventure, daring, and betrayal at the ends of the earth: The man who wanted to be king takes us to where the dream of grandeur meets the limits of humanity...
John Huston's adventure film starring Sean Connery, Michael Caine, and Christopher Plummer. USA. 2h09. 1976.
India, late 19th century. Peachy Carnahan and Daniel Dravot, former sergeants in the British Empire and Freemasons, befriend the journalist Rudyard Kipling. Part idealists, part con artists, the two adventure-seeking companions have decided to achieve the unimaginable: to reach Kafiristan, where no Westerner has dared to venture since Alexander the Great, and become rulers of this mythical land... Film screening and discussion moderated by Félicien Hachebé of Boires et déboires d'un cinéphile and SuperSeven



