King Lear (1988)
Overview
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Cast
Peter Sellars
William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess Meredith
Don Learo
Julie Delpy
Virginia
Leos Carax
Edgar
Molly Ringwald
Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard
Professor Pluggy
Woody Allen
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy Buache
Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem Golan
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza
Goblin (uncredited)
Norman Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin
Journalist (uncredited)
Ruth Maleczech
(voice) (uncredited)Recommendations
The Middle Man
My Own Love Song
Gigi & Nate
The Giver
The Good Half
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Deathtrap
Afterlife of the Party
Finding Neverland
Hooking Up
Adopt a Highway
The Girl in the Book
A Dog Year
Love and Monsters
Feel the Beat
The Lady in the Van
Synecdoche, New York
Best Man Down
It Runs in the Family
Kodachrome