Why it may be worth watching
- King Lear combines Comedy and Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Julie Delpy.
Movie
King Lear
Jealous love leads to destruction.
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
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Cast
Peter SellarsWilliam Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess MeredithDon Learo
Julie DelpyVirginia
Leos CaraxEdgar
Molly RingwaldCordelia
Jean-Luc GodardProfessor Pluggy
Woody AllenMr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy BuacheProfessor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem GolanSelf (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne LanzaGoblin (uncredited)
Kate MailerSelf (uncredited)
Norman MailerSelf (uncredited)
Michèle PétinJournalist (uncredited)
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Comedy, Drama. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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Themes and topics
post-apocalyptic futureplaywrightchernobyl, ukrainepostmodernism
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