Kings Page #2

Synopsis: The life of a foster family in South Central Los Angeles, a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial.
 
IMDB:
4.7
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Year:
2017
92 min
660 Views


might never have made it to

court had not an image of...

[kids chattering]

- [kid] You all right, Jess?

- Yes.

Leave me alone.

- Will you open it?

- No.

Close the door.

[kids shouting]

- [Jessie] No!

- We're hungry.

[kids] We're hungry!

We're hungry!

[kids] Breakfast! Breakfast!

Breakfast! Breakfast! Breakfast!

[kids screaming]

Huh?

Are you gonna cook us

breakfast or not?

I'm hungry.

Come here. Come here.

Here you go.

[kid] Popcorn. Popcorn. Popcorn!

[phone ringing]

[man on TV] ...was shot

and killed by...

[phone ringing]

- Okay. Hello.

- CSC. Is Millie there?

No. Millie's not there

right now. What is it?

Jordan's mother was released from

prison and a judge found her

to be able to take care

of a child.

I didn't hear what you said.

What did you just say?

The judge found she could care for the child

and she would like to be reunited immediately.

- [kids] Fire! Fire!

- Okay.

Fire! Fire!

Okay. Everybody outside now.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Come on.

[kid] Is it a game?

[Jessie] Come on, let's go.

[kid] Tiger, Tiger, you got her?

[Jessie] Hey, be careful.

It's okay.

No breakfast.

[Jessie] We're good.

It's over.

Isn't that gonna explode?

- No. Come on. Inside.

- [kids sigh in disappointment]

- [Jessie] Peaches, come down. Time to go.

- Kids, I'm home.

- [kid] Hey, Millie.

- You guys ready for school?

[kids] Yeah. Yes.

You got a call

from Child Care Services.

It's about Jordan.

Come on, guys. Hurry up.

Get ready. Get ready.

[Jessie] Come on, your bags.

Are you ready?

You got your jacket?

Where's your jacket?

I don't know where my jacket is.

- [kid] It's over there...

- [Jessie] Right here.

[melancholic music playing]

Come here. Come here, baby.

Come here.

[melancholic music playing]

[Millie crying]

Stop crying in front of Jordan.

[Millie crying and mumbling]

I can't help it.

I raised him when he was

a little boy. My baby!

[Jessie] I know.

Love you.

God. Enough of this sh*t.

- Warren, what the hell are you doing out here?

- Hey, what are you doing?

Get in the car right now!

- [cop] Lady! Stop!

- Not f***in' playing with you.

Supposed to be out here, in the

streets and sh*t.

I didn't hit you too hard,

did I, baby?

- No.

- Okay.

You're Danticia's son, right?

Yeah.

Don't tell me now

to feed him.

He's a full grown.

Wait, how old are you?

How old do you think Peaches is?

Peaches is missing a tooth.

- She's five?

- Five? She's six.

So you're Shawnte.

Tiger, Ruben and Peaches.

We have a little brother

and a little sister.

A brother upstairs, Carter,

he's two and then,

our teeny little cute sister

is Sherridane

and she's about two.

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Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Deniz Gamze Ergüven (born 4 June 1978) is a Turkish-French film director best known for her debut feature film Mustang. more…

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