Lady Macbeth

2016 · 86 min · EN · R · 6.6 (688 votes)

Dir. William Oldroyd · Starring Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank, Golda Rosheuvel · Music Dan Jones

Drama

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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A chillingly stark descent into ruthless ambition, set against a bleak Victorian landscape. Feel the suffocating grip of societal constraints slowly unravel into a tense, psychological battle for freedom and power, leaving a haunting impression.

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