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Original title: Queen Lear
Year: 2019
Running time: 84 min.
Country: Turkey
Director: Pelin Esmer
Cast: Documentary
Music: Baris Diri
Producer: Sinefilm
Genre: Documentary | Stage Play
Synopsis: Shakespeare's 'King Lear' travelling on the dusty and risky roads to the remotest forgotten villages in the mountains of Turkey where even drinking water can hardly reach, turns delicately into 'Queen Lear' in the hands of a peasant-women theatre group.

Critics' reviews

"Though modest in terms of visuals and scope, Queen Lear is an endearing ode to the collective power of art and a subtle call for gender equality in Turkey (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Phuong Le: The Guardian

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Queen Lear

2019

Pelin Esmer