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. From Focus Features and Academy Award® winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, The Rider) comes a sensitively observed, magnificently crafted tale about the complexities of love and the healing power of art and creativity.

Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel Hamnet and adapted for the screen by Zhao and O’Farrell, the film stars Academy Award®-nominee Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), Academy Award®-nominee Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers), Academy Award®-nominee Emily Watson (Hilary and Jackie, Breaking the Waves) and Joe Alwyn (The Brutalist). HAMNET is produced by Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes and Steven Spielberg; executive producers are Kristie Macosko Krieger, Laurie Borg and Zhao. Director of photography, Łukasz Żal; Production designer, Fiona Crombie; Editors, Chloé Zhao, ACE, Affonso Gonçlaves, ACE; Costume designer, Malgosia Turzanska; Music by Max Richter.

Runtime: 125mins

Cert: TBC