King Lear: How We Looked for Love During the War

• Movie

  Type

• 2023

  Year

• 1h 31m

  Runtime

• ★ 6.5

  Rating

• Documentary

  Genre

Due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainians, fleeing the war, found refuge in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine. The local director decides to attract non-professional actors -displaced people - in bringing his dream into life - to stage the King Lear play. The theatrical performance helps them find themselves and their purpose in a new world where there is war, and the director finds an answer to the eternal question of what love is and why this world should not perish.