A lion cub loose in an airport turns into an unlikely family odyssey in King, the 2022 French-Belgian adventure comedy from director David Moreau.
What is King about?
King is smuggled into the country as a trafficked cub and slips free at the airport before finding an unexpected hiding spot with siblings Inès and Alex. Rather than turn him over to authorities, the pair decide on an outsized plan: get King back across the ocean to Africa before anyone notices he's missing. Their scheme grows more chaotic once their grandfather Max, an eccentric presence who refuses to be left out of anything, insists on tagging along. What starts as a secret in a Paris apartment turns into a road-trip-style dash toward the coast, with the three generations forced to improvise at every turn while keeping a growing cub out of sight.
About the cast
Gérard Darmon anchors the film as grandfather Max, playing the role with the kind of restless energy that makes him impossible to leave behind. Lou Lambrecht and Léo Lorléac'h play Inès and Alex, the siblings who set the rescue plan in motion, with Thibault de Montalembert, Clémentine Baert, Daniel Semporé, Alain Blazquez, and Laurence Facelina filling out the supporting cast around them.
Context & significance
Director David Moreau, known for genre work that pairs broad humor with real stakes, brings a lighter touch here, aiming King squarely at family audiences. The French-Belgian co-production leans on practical animal work and old-fashioned chase-comedy structure rather than heavy effects, giving the 105-minute film a grounded, matinee feel that plays well across generations.
Watching King on Ktime
King streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing, and the platform's Farsi-language interface makes it simple for Persian-speaking families to settle in together. Watching requires a free K-Time account login; the film's page itself is open to browse without one.