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King Lear - 35MM
Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 1987 | 90MIN
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Cast
Peter Sellars
Burgess Meredith
Molly Ringwald
Woody Allen
The film is centred on William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth, who is attempting to restore his ancestor’s plays in a world where most of human civilization—and more specifically culture—has been lost after the Chernobyl catastrophe.
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Introduction by Lee Ranaldo
Musician Lee Ranaldo joins us at Roxy Cinema 7/15 for a pre-film introduction.
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