From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), Hamnet tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
After falling deeply in love together amidst the spiritual surroundings of the English countryside, William (Paul Mescal) and Agnes (Jessie Buckley) Shakespeare face a heartbreaking tragedy which transforms their lives forever.
A film of extraordinary power in its intimate, devastating reckoning with grief, Hamnet is stunningly composed with a naturalistic, deeply human grace by director Chloé Zhao, while Jessie Buckley’s unforgettable, unflinchingly committed central performance is one for the ages.