The Tempest Movie Review
The Tempest Movie Synopsis:
Year: 2010
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Director: Julie Taymor
Writer: Julie Taymor, William Shakespeare
Cast: Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand
In Julie Taymor’s version of ‘The Tempest,’ the main character is now a woman named Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor’s version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island; it’s a tabula rasa: no society, so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda. This leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a struggle not about brawn, but about intellect.
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