We The Kings

Power can be ruthless, absolute and at times invisible. Jack, a fostered boy on the run for attempted murder, uses the opportunity to hide in the house of an old deaf-mute man he can threaten to keep his mouth shut. Their power balance at first seems clear, Jack is violent and intimidating whilst the old man scared and helpless. WE THE KINGS tells through a series of flashbacks how Jack got involved in acts of crime, related to his fond relationship to his younger fostered brother. The more Jack’s past is revealed, the more apparent it becomes that he is just a boy, desperate and hiding behi...