Ophelia (1963)

Original title

Ophélia

Directed by

Claude Chabrol

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man grows convinced that his own life shares the same story as Hamlet. He becomes fixated on this idea and begins to act on it.

broodingintensepsychologicaltroubleddarkslow-burncontemplativeunsettling

What happens

Ophélia is a 1963 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. The story centers on a disturbed young man who becomes obsessed with the idea that his life mirrors that of the title character of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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