From Academy Award-winning writer-director Chloé Zhao, Hamnet tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
1580, England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) meets free-spirited Agnes (Jessie Buckley), 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 a work that will never be forgotten.
★★★★ “The two stars are knockouts in Chloé Zhao’s poignant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel with a stirring tearjerker ending” – The Guardian
