King Lear

En el Japón medieval, el poderoso señor Hidetora decide abdicar y repartir sus dominios entre sus tres hijos. El menor considera que la idea es absurda y sólo servirá para causar problemas. Su padre, enfurecido, lo deshereda. Muy pronto descubrirá su error: la ambición hará que sus hijos mayores se enfrenten por el poder en una cruenta guerra. Se inspira en el drama de Shakespeare "El rey Lear".

Ambientada en un presente de ficción, un anciano rey abdica y divide su reino en favor de sus dos hijas corruptas y aduladoras, rechazando a la única que realmente le ama. Su fatal decisión llevará a la familia y al estado al colapso y al caos.

Libre adaptación de "El Rey Lear", de Shakespeare, ambientada en un rancho tejano, cuyo propietario, John Lear, es un rico y egocéntrico terrateniente que tiene tres hijas. (FILMAFFINITY)

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Fathom Events and BY Experience bring the Stratford Festival’s critically acclaimed performance of King Lear to cinemas for a memorable one-night event. An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king – and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.

Una versión moderna del Rey Lear de William Shakespeare.

When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm. Can a man undo his wrongs? Will Cordelia be saved? Or will the wheels of fate crush all in its way?

An old king, stepping down from the throne, disinherits his favorite daughter on a mad whim and gives his kingdom to his two older daughters, both of whom prove treacherous.

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.