The Cannon Group & Golan-Globus Productions present

King Lear

Name: King Lear
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1988-01-22

directed by Jean-Luc Godard

“Jealous love leads to destruction.”

19881h 31mPGComedy

The Cannon Group & Golan-Globus Productions present

King Lear

directed by Jean-Luc Godard

“Jealous love leads to destruction.”

19881h 31mPGComedy

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§ Synopsis

Comedy · Drama

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

§ Keywords

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post-apocalyptic future playwright chernobyl, ukraine postmodernism

§ Crew

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§ Cast

8 of 13

Peter Sellars

as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

as Mr. Alien (uncredited)

Freddy Buache

as Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)

§ Source

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King Lear

1608

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