ABOUT THE MOVIE
A Croatian sailor was arrested in connection with the biggest ever drug bust by South African authorities, who seized 230 kilos of uncut cocaine in his room on the ship en route from Argentina to Europe. After five years in prison, he is back home. A filmmaker is following him on a personal journey where he deals with consequences of his decisions, tries to find a way to live a normal life and neglect the temptation of repeating the same mistakes. In prison they called him “Mlungu – The White King”, convinced that he is the boss of the mafia and not just a mule. Now he is struggling between settling down and playing the role of “the king” once again.
David Lušičić
David Lusicic was born in 1976 in Rijeka, Croatia. He works as an independent filmmaker, lecturer and interdisciplinary culture project manager. He holds an MA in FTV directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, an MA in Scenography from Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London, and an MA in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana. His first independent film project, the feature omnibus Transmania, premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival 2016, after which he started the production company Zebra Production and the art organization Greta Creative Network. His last short documentary premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival in 2020 and was awarded Best Regional Film at Liburnia Film Festival. ’Mlungu – The White King', his first feature-length documentary, premiered at ZagrebDox and won Best Cinematography at the Croatian Film Days, as well as Best Editing and Sound Design at JIFF 2023. He is currently developing his second feature film 'Via Roma’.
