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Lady Macbeth

2016 · 86 min

A cold, suffocating descent into ruthless self-interest, told with stark minimalism and unsettling quiet.

Overview
Rural England, 1865. Katherine, suffocated by her loveless marriage to a bitter man and restrained by his father's tyranny, unleashes an irresistible force within her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • gender
  • class
  • obsession
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
William Oldroyd
Written by
Alice Birch
Starring
Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank, Golda Rosheuvel, Anton Palmer, Rebecca Manley
Music
Dan Jones
Cinematography
Ari Wegner
Runtime
86 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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