2019 · drama · romance · history
Ophelia
Directed by Claire McCarthy1h 54m2019
Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.
Our read: Ophelia (2019) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · romance · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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