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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.
| Release : | 1982 |
| Rating : | 7.6 |
| Studio : | |
| Crew : | Production Design, Costume Design, |
| Cast : | Michael Hordern Brenda Blethyn John Shrapnel Norman Rodway Michael Kitchen |
| Genre : | Drama |
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Pretty Good
One of my all time favorites.
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
