It’s late August and the Chinese director — renowned for her Oscar-winning Nomadland (2020) with Frances McDormand — is talking to The Hollywood Reporter over Zoom about re-entering the film world with an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet.
On Sept. 7, the movie had its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) where Zhao, also helmer of the MCU’s Eternals (2021) presented the film alongside the young, white-hot talents Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley to rave reviews.
Hamnet, co-written by Zhao and O’Farrell, follows a fictional story of love and loss. It centers on the life of William Shakespeare (Mescal) and his wife Agnes (Buckley) after the death of their 11-year-old son, Hamnet. It births the English playwright’s celebrated tragedy Hamlet, a work Zhao describes as “one of the greatest pieces of literature in the world.
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