National Theatre Live: Medea
Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.
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- Cast:
- Helen McCrory , Michaela Coel , Dominic Rowan , Danny Sapani , Clemmie Sveaas , Martin Turner , Toby Wharton
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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.