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King Lear

Movie·2018·Drama, TV Movie·1h 55m·6.1 (107)·Directed by Richard Eyre

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An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

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Anthony HopkinsAnthony HopkinsLearEmma ThompsonEmma ThompsonGonerilEmily WatsonEmily WatsonReganJim BroadbentJim BroadbentEarl of GloucesterFlorence PughFlorence PughCordeliaJim CarterJim CarterEarl of KentAndrew ScottAndrew ScottEdgarJohn MacmillanJohn MacmillanEdmund

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