Mother Lear

"...that way madness lies"

2023•57m

Drama

An irascible Shakespeare scholar with early onset dementia communicates with her caretaker daughter using the only language available to her, the text of King Lear, as the two struggle with aging, love, and their own balance of power.

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Ava Roy

Cordelia

Courtney Walsh

Lear

Rush Rehm

Man in Doorway

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