Mother Lear

Mother Lear (2023)

May 7th, 20230h 57min

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An irascible Shakespeare scholar with early onset dementia communicates with her caretaker daughter using the only language available to her, the text of King Lear, as the two struggle with aging, love, and their own balance of power.


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