About Hamnet
Awards favourite based on the best-selling book by Maggie O'Farrell.
Oscar winning director Chloé Zhao tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Yet as Will pursues a budding theatre career in far-away London, Agnes anchors the domestic sphere alone. When tragedy strikes, the couple’s once-unshakable bond is tested, but their shared experience sets the stage for the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
BBFC Insight: distressing scenes, brief moderate sex
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Maybe the most emotionally shattering movie I’ve seen in years
What Hamnet leaves you with isn’t sadness, but joy
