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Shakespeare Must Die (2024)
, 2h56Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Nothing But a Man (2023)
, 1h31Directed by Michael Roemer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ivan Dixon, Yaphet Kotto, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster, Tom Ligon, Mel Stewart
The story introduces Duff Anderson on the railroad, playing checkers with his rail worker friends, at a pool hall, and on the street at night. At a church meeting featuring lively gospel music, Duff meets the pretty and genteel schoolteacher Josie Dawson. They begin to date against the will of Preacher Dawson (Josie’s father). Duff tells her he doesn't want to get married. But after visiting his illegitimate son who has been abandoned to the care of a wet nurse, and his drunken father who is barely keeping it together under the care of a loving wife, Duff realizes that he prefers the stability of a family to the life of a drifter. The two marry with bright hopes for the future, but then begin to face a series of challenges as a married couple. Being on the move had given Duff the illusion of freedom, but living in the town makes Duff subject to the town's social rules, and he immediately starts to have problems. He hates his preacher father-in-law, whom he sees as having sold out to the white people, and he hurtfully says to his wife, "You've never really been a nigger, living with them, in that house." After refusing to bow down to the white bosses at the mill he is fired, and subsequently finds himself blacklisted. His father-in-law finally finds him a job at a gas station, but customers who find him too proud for a black "boy" threaten to cause trouble if the boss keeps him on. Duff and his wife get into a fight because of the emotional and physical trials Duff faces, and because of the added pressure that a coming baby adds. Unwilling either to kowtow to white bosses or to pick cotton for $2.50 a day he leaves in a rage, telling his wife that he will write her when he is on his feet again. Duff storms off to his father, who is so inebriated that he dies as Duff and his stepmother are driving him to the hospital. Neither Duff nor his stepmother knows where his father was born or how old he was, and the only possessions he has handed down to Duff are the contents of his pockets. Duff and his stepmother stare at one another, facing the grim reality of the invisibleness and lack of history of the negro. The film concludes as Duff gains the courage to return home with his son, and the two tearfully embrace as he reassures her that "everything is gonna be all right”.
West Side Story (2021)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Children's films
Actors Ansel Elgort, Rita Moreno, Corey Stoll, Brian d'Arcy James, Maddie Ziegler, Ana Isabelle
Upper West Side, années 1950. Deux bandes de jeunes s'affrontent : d'un côté les Sharks dirigés par Bernardo et de l'autre les Jets, avec Riff à leur tête. Tony, lié au Jets, va s'éprendre de Maria, la sœur de Bernardo.
Stuck (2019)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Giancarlo Esposito, Arden Cho, Amy Madigan, Ashanti, Omar Chaparro, Noah Fleiss
Six strangers get stuck together on a stalled subway train in New York City and all of them have a story to tell.
Judy (2019)
, 1h58Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Renée Zellweger, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Richard Cordery
À la fin des années 1960, la star du Magicien d’Oz Judy Garland s’apprête à donner une série de concerts à Londres. Mais sa voix s’est fragilisée au fil du temps et Judy souffre, fragilisée par une vie entièrement consacrée à Hollywood et à sa carrière.
Cats (2019)
, 1h50Directed by Tom Hooper
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, Rebel Wilson
D'après la comédie musicale Cats. Chaque année, dans les ruelles sombres de Londres, un bal est organisé par Deuteronome lors d'une nuit extraordinaire et pleine de magie. Des chats tentent leur chance pour être l'élu, celui qui pourra entrer au paradis de la Jellicosphère, afin de renaître dans une nouvelle vie.
The King (2019)
, 2h20Directed by David Michôd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, Lily-Rose Depp, Ben Mendelsohn
Le jeune prince Henry V devient roi d'Angleterre après la mort de son père Henri IV. Mais il s'engage tout droit dans une guerre et des intrigues de palais.
The Fool (2019)
, 1h25Directed by Jalil Lespert
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dany Boon, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Ahmed Sylla, Laure Calamy, Camille Lellouche
Se promenant dans Paris, Monsieur de Pontagnac tombe sous le charme d'une belle inconnue. Alors qu'il la suit chez elle, il se rend compte que cette jeune femme n'est autre que l'épouse de son ami Vatelin. Pontagnac va devoir composer non seulement avec cette situation un peu particulière mais aussi avec un nouveau jeu à la mode autour de la fidélité qui commence à se diffuser dans la société. Et l'arrivée de nouveaux personnages ne va pas arranger les affaires de Pontagnac.
The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
Directed by Mario Martone
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Gangster films
Actors Massimiliano Gallo, Ernesto Mahieux
Don Antonio Barracano est une figure respectée et crainte du rione Sanità de Naples, où il est connu comme « le maire ». Il s'occupe de régler les litiges et d'administrer la justice selon ses propres critères, à travers des méthodes parfois brutales.
102 Not Out (2018)
Directed by Umesh Shukla
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Paresh Rawal, Rishi Kapoor, Vijay Raaz
The film's plot is based on a Gujarati Play by the same name. Amitabh Bachchan will play a 102-year-old man and Paresh Rawal will play his 75-year-old son. The film story revolves around the 102-year-old man trying to break the oldest person record in the world, which in the film is held by a Chinese Man.
The Seagull (2018)
Directed by Michael Mayer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, Elisabeth Moss, Jon Tenney, Mare Winningham
La naïve Nina, l'actrice Irina Arkadina dont les jours de gloire sont anciens, le jeune dramaturge expérimental Konstantín Tréplev et le célèbre écrivain Boris Trigorine affrontent une série de conflits, à la fois romantiques et artistiques.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
, 1h54Directed by Ol Parker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, LGBT-related film
Actors Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Lily James, Julie Walters
Cinq ans après les événements du premier film, sur l'île grecque Kalokairi. Sophie Sheridan (Amanda Seyfried) prépare la grande réouverture de l'hôtel de sa mère, Donna (Meryl Streep), un an après le décès de cette dernière . Elle est également poussée à bout de nerfs car deux de ses pères, Harry (Colin Firth) et Bill (Stellan Skarsgård), ne pourront pas venir à la réouverture et sa relation avec Sky (Dominic Cooper), lequel est à New York, connaît de plus en plus de vagues .
A Kid Like Jake (2018)
, 1h30Directed by Silas Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays, LGBT-related film
Actors Claire Danes, Priyanka Chopra, Octavia Spencer, Jim Parsons, Ann Dowd, Cindy Cheung
Un couple de Brooklyn cherche la bonne crèche pour leurs enfants tout en naviguant dans les questions sur l'identité de genre.
Little Tickles (2018)
, 1h43Directed by Éric Métayer
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Dance films, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Rape in fiction, Films about pedophilia, Films based on plays
Actors Karin Viard, Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Deladonchamps, Grégory Montel, Carole Franck, Ariane Ascaride
Odette a huit ans. Elle est passionnée de danse. Mais un jour, un ami de la famille commence à abuser d'elle sexuellement, ce qui change le cours de sa vie. Comment devenir une grande danseuse et se reconstruire ?
With A Kiss I Die (2018)
Directed by Ronnie Khalil
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Bisexuality-related films, Vampires in film, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Ella Kweku
C'est une histoire d'amour sombre à propos de Juliette Capulet (l'héroine shakespearienne) qui est forcée de vivre pour l'éternité en sachant que son véritable amour est mort dans ses bras il y a près de 800 ans.