Hamnet

Director: Chloé Zhao
Performing: Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley, Emily Watson
Content: The year is 1580 and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal), who works as a Latin teacher in the small English village of Stratford-upon-Avon, falls in love with Agnes (Jessie Buckley). In the village, there is a growing suspicion that she is not actually a healer at all, but a real witch. But William doesn't care. The two throw themselves head over heels into their life together and quickly have three children. First Susanna (Bodhi Rae Breathnach) is born, followed shortly afterwards by twins Judith (Olivia Lynes) and Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe). But for William, at least, the dreaming doesn't end with his family. He wants to finally leave teaching behind and work as a playwright. In the country, however, this is more difficult than good. So, encouraged by Agnes, he goes to London. First the family is separated from each other, then the plague plows through the country and kills Hamnet at the age of just eleven. This spurs William to write a play in his son's honor... Based on the novel of the same name by Maggie O'Farrell. (Source: filmstarts.de)