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King Lear (1988)
Jealous love leads to destruction.
91 minPGComedyDrama
TMDb6.5/1036 votes
IMDb5.4/101,510 votes
Rotten Tomatoes69%
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Country: United States
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Awards: 1 nomination
Box office: $61,821
Cast
Peter Sellars
William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess Meredith
Don Learo
Julie Delpy
Virginia
Leos Carax
Edgar
Molly Ringwald
Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard
Professor Pluggy
Woody Allen
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy Buache
Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem Golan
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza
(uncredited)
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Kate Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Norman Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin
Journalist (uncredited)
Keywords
Plot:playwrightchernobyl, ukrainepostmodernism
Time:post-apocalyptic future
