Hamnet

Hamnet, by Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), tells the moving love story that inspired Shakespeare to create the timeless masterpiece Hamlet.

This is the touching love story of William, an ambitious playwright and his wife Agnes. Their idyllic life is shattered when a plague epidemic breaks out that affects their children, Hamnet and Judith. Years later, William writes a new play called Hamlet to deal with grief.

The film is based on Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling 2020 novel, which has sold 2 million copies in the UK and US and has been translated into 40 languages.

Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson and Joe Alwyn.