Paul Mescal plays the Bard – only ever once referred to as William Shakespeare in the entire movie. Early on, he meets and falls for Agnes (Jesse Buckley), a free-spirited soul at one with her rural surroundings. Rumour has it she’s the daughter of a forest witch – according to Will’s mother Mary (Emily Watson). He’s also frowned upon, with Agnes’ brother Bartholomew (Joe Alwyn) calling the aspiring playwright a “pasty-faced scholar”, adding: “What use is he?”
Seemingly, though, nothing can hamper their love, and Will and Agnes produce three children – including a delightful boy, Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe). Theirs in a secluded life in the countryside, far from London, where Will eventually win a contract to make gloves for the theatre. In these early scenes Zhao (Nomadland), brilliantly evokes the simple pleasures and hardships of life in this time, her camera perfectly in tune with the heartbeat of nature.
Depicting the Stratford-Upon-Avon countryside in earthy tones, where inhabitants are so close to nature they’re caked in dirt, it’s an utterly bewitching portrait of 16th Century living. It’s also a world where illness is commonplace and life is utterly fragile. As events unfold, an imaginable tragedy occurs, leading to an outpouring of grief that threatens to tear the family apart. And yet it’s also the spark for the Bard’s finest hour, as catharsis is found in creativity.
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