The King’s Speech is a brilliant genre film by director Tom Hopper and was released in 2010. The main actors are King George VI (Colin Firth) and Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). The story line is based on the biography of King George VI who has speech impairment and how he overcomes his speech difficulty to ascend to the throne. The plot is structured around using the help of a speech therapist Lionel to overcome his disability. The director uses mimesis to show the audience how he finds his voice and diegesis to tell us the true story of King George VI.
The story is organized in a classical paradigm narrative format. In Act 1, the story starts with George (‘Bertie’) as he is lovingly called by his family, struggling to make a public address because of a stutter. His wife Queen Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) tries unsuccessfully to find different doctors to cure her husband’s speech problems. In Act II, the plot revolves around Bertie’s rising conflict with his brother David who is the current king, but incapable of leading the country. Also, Bertie is dealing with his own childhood insecurities and his struggle to improve his speech stammering problems with the help of his doctor friend Lionel.
The main climax happens when Bertie ascends the throne as King George VI and gives his first wartime speech. All the scenes rise to the moment when Bertie is crowned King George VI. In Act III, which is the resolution, Bertie comes to grips with his stammer and is successful in giving a powerful speech which draws applause from all his countrymen. The final scene shows closure when a confident Bertie hugs his children with relief and goes out to the balcony with his family to a standing ovation from the masses. The friendship with Lionel continues and with his assistance continued to deliver speeches. 
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