King Lear
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
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- Cast:
- Ian McKellen , Romola Garai , Monica Dolan , Sylvester McCoy , Philip Winchester , Jonathan Hyde , Frances Barber
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best movie i've ever seen.
It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.