Still from HAMNET. Photo courtesy of Hamptons International Film Festival.
HAMNET
East Coast Premiere
Narrative Feature | UK | 2025 | English | 125 minutes
Advance tickets are no longer available. Learn more about Rush Lines, which, while never guaranteed, have a very high success rate!
Academy Award®-winning writer/director Chloé Zhao (NOMADLAND, HIFF 2020) returns with the powerful story of love and loss that likely inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece Hamlet. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel of the same name, HAMNET follows William Shakespeare (Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal, AFTERSUN) and his wife Agnes (Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley, WOMEN TALKING) from their early courtship to their unimaginable loss, and how their all-consuming grief influenced the writing of a masterpiece. With immersive and textured cinematography, Zhao’s latest work is an emotional testament to the healing power of art. A Focus Features release.
Directed by
Chloé Zhao
Produced by
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes
Executive Produced by
Kristie Macosko Krieger, Chloé Zhao, Laurie Borg
Written by
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O”Farrell
Featuring
Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn
Interests
Drama, Women’s Stories, Grief, Family Dynamics, Romance
