From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Yet as Will pursues a budding theatre career in far-away London, Agnes anchors the domestic sphere alone. When tragedy strikes, the couple’s once-unshakable bond is tested, but their shared experience sets the stage for the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet

Nora, a successful stage actress, reunites with her estranged father - a once-renowned film director planning a comeback with a script based on their family. When he offers Nora the lead role, which she promptly declines, he turns his attention to a rising Hollywood starlet instead.

A raw study of generational trauma, sisterhood and healing.

"Stellan Skarsgård gives one of his best performances in this tremendous Oscar contender."

- The Telegraph