King Lear is a 1987 filmic adaptation of the Shakespeare play of the same title, directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The script is primarily by Peter Sellars and Tom Luddy. The film's plot, centred around a late descendant of Shakespeare attempting to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilisation, is centred around a resort in Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland.

• Julie Delpy
• Woody Allen
• Burgess Meredith
• Jean-Luc Godard
• Molly Ringwald
• Norman Mailer
• Leos Carax
• Peter Sellars
• Freddy Buache
• Kate Mailer
• Suzanne Lanza
• Michèle Pétin

Genres:

Drama, Comedy

Release date:

1987-09-15

External links:

King Lear at IMDB King Lear at Wikipedia