Hamnet (OmU) im Freiluftkino Insel in den Atelier Gardens

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R.: Chloé Zhao , D.: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, Jacobi Jupe, Noah Jupe, Olivia Lynes, Justine Mitchell, David Wilmot, Louisa Harland
GB, US 2025 , 126 min.

Oscar® winner Chloé Zhao returns to the big screen with HAMNET. The film adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Maggie O'Farrell, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Zhao, tells the story of William Shakespeare's family. From the perspective of his sensitive wife Agnes, we see how she falls in love with the great bard and the two plan a life together. When their only son Hamnet dies of the plague at the age of eleven, their great love threatens to suffocate. In the midst of this terrible personal tragedy, Shakespeare, in deep despair and grief, begins to write "Hamlet", one of the great dramas in literary history. The eponymous novel by Maggie O'Farrell was published in 2020, received euphoric reviews and won the British Women's Prize for Fiction and the American National Book Critics Circle Award. HAMNET was produced by Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris and Nicolas Gonda as well as the two legendary Oscar® winners Sam Mendes and Steven Spielberg. Chloé Zhao was able to recruit a fantastic ensemble for her film, which celebrated its world premiere in Telluride and won the prestigious Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2025. HAMNET stars the impressive Jessie Buckley (Woman in the Dark, The Pronunciation) and Gladiator star Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers). They are joined by Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves, Dune: Prophecy) and Joe Alwyn (The Favourite, Intrigue and Madness, The Brutalist).