
01 Jun 1985

Ran
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters. Kath runs a brothel down by the docks, Tracy owns a soccer team and Jo, a former junkie -- and prostitute -- rejects her inheritance, pitting sisters Kath and Tracy against each other.
Sandeman
Jug
Tracy
Mandy
Quick
Jo
Puttnam
Kath
Dean
The Chair
Desmond
Snowy
John the Dog
01 Jun 1985
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
24 Sep 1974
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?
22 Apr 2017
A modern take on William Shakespeare's King Lear.
02 Jun 2002
In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing his wealth among his three daughters, is rejected by them.
18 Feb 2015
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.
18 Oct 1953
In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power.
21 Mar 1998
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
28 May 2018
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
11 Jan 1997
A tragedy by William Shakespeare about King Lear who intends to abdicate, and therefore wants to carve the kingdom up between his three daughters.
07 May 2023
An irascible Shakespeare scholar with early onset dementia communicates with her caretaker daughter using the only language available to her, the text of King Lear, as the two struggle with aging, love, and their own balance of power.
03 May 2023
Due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainians, fleeing the war, found refuge in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine. The local director decides to attract non-professional actors -displaced people - in bringing his dream into life - to stage the King Lear play. The theatrical performance helps them find themselves and their purpose in a new world where there is war, and the director finds an answer to the eternal question of what love is and why this world should not perish.
05 Nov 1985
Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
14 Jun 2018
An elderly woman at the end of her life reminisces her years spent at a boarding school for girls.
03 Oct 2019
Shen Tong is a dandiacal online car-hailing service driver. He receives a long journey order, from Beijing to Zhoushan, the guest is an eight-years-old boy Nannan. Shen and Nannan turn to be friends during the long trip.
27 Dec 2019
In the pursuit of solving an ancient mystery of Amaravati, Narayana, a corrupt cop must battle the dangerous clan of dacoits and it's fierce leader.
08 Dec 2022
Kira is a 30-year-old successful architect living in the illusion of absolute choices while being obsessed with constructing the ideal Moscow. She is used to living life according to her own rules, but she has to face her fear of the future and inability to love. An unexpected tragedy will lead Kira to face her past with her family, start life from the scratch, and become a mother.
04 Jul 2024
Special people are living among us. Emers: a superhuman species with unusual powers. They can control human emotions but are not able to love or feel physical pain. With the Emer community on the brink of collapse, a young half-breed Denis, sets out to search for the chosen one who can save them all. He finds Kate, a girl who never experienced true feelings. Step by step, Denis deliberately reveals all the emotions in Katya: joy, surprise, jealousy, anger, despair... and, ultimately, love! After a journey filled with danger and adventure, Katya will have to decide her fate as well as the fate of the whole world.