天堂电影网为您介绍《国王的骑手》：　　Inspiredbytruelifeevents,intheOyoEmpireinthe1940's,ElesinOba,theking'schiefhorseman,succumbstothelureofbeautyandsexualdesireontheveryeveningheissettodieinordertofulfilhislifelongdebtofritualsuicidetoaccompanythedeadAlaafintotherealmoftheancestors,hederailsfromaveryimportantgenerationalandspiritualtransaction.Thissetsinmotionaseriesofcatastrophicconsequences,inaspell-bindingfilmofemotions,humour,andtragicrolereversalsthatputsancientbeliefsandcustomsontrialinaneverincreasinglypost-modernandWesternworld.