Release Date | 2009-06-25 |
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Runtime | 125 minutes |
Genres | Drama |
Stars | Helen Mirren, Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Chipo Chung, John Shrapnel |
Directors | Nicholas Hytner, Paule Constable, Beverley Binda, Bob Crowley, Adam Cork |
A new English adaptation of the classic French tragedy Phèdre by Jean Racine (1639-1699). It retells the ancient Greek tale of the wife of the Atenian King Theseus, who conceived a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.