KING LEAR (PETER BROOK) (2007)

Cast

Plot

Decidedly downbeat rendition of Shakespeare's tragic epic, developed from director Peter Brook's highly acclaimed stage production and filmed against the bleak backdrop of freezing Jutland, Denmark. Heavy going and plodding, but an excellent performance from Paul Scofield as the ageing monarch who prematurely divides his kingdom up amongst his daughters, unleashing a trail of tragedy in a world in which everything is rotten.