Mother Lear

Mother Lear

#"...that way madness lies"


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0h 57m 2023 HD

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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