Queen Lear

Documentary

2019, Movie, 1h 24min

Shakespeare's 'King Lear' travelling on the dusty and risky roads to the remotest forgotten villages in the mountains of Turkey where even drinking water can hardly reach, turns delicately into 'Queen Lear' in the hands of a peasant-women theatre group. In the early 2000s, a handful of peasant women from the mountains of southern Turkey formed a theater group, which later became the subject of the documentary, The Play. The women acted out their own life stories in the village, and the play changed their lives. Now, they take to the road with an adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, traveling the dusty, dangerous roads to the farthest-flung mountain villages where there isn't even running water. On the road, their lives merge with the world of King Lear and become bound up with "the good and the bad", "the young and the old", "the rich and the poor", "the honest and the dishonest" of the play.

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7.2

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Critic Phuong Le

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...an endearing ode to the collective power of art and a subtle call for gender equality in Turkey.

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In the dusty mountains of Turkey, a group of strong-willed women take to the road with a unique adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear. Merging their own life stories with the classic tale, they create a powerful and poignant performance that challenges traditional gender roles and brings hope to the forgotten villages they visit. Join them on their journey as they become the queens of their own destinies in this inspiring documentary.

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