Ophelia Daisy Ridley Movie
She is fully alive in every moment and ready to act to protect herself or those she loves.
Ophelia daisy ridley movie. Ophelia seeks to revamp the image of its title heroine daisy ridley as a tragic largely passive casualty one who is as much a victim of shakespeare s era as of his peerless imagination. Played by star wars heroine daisy ridley she has courage intelligence integrity and agency. As a rebellious and motherless child ophelia daisy ridley is taken into elsinore castle by queen gerturde naomi watts as one of her most trusted ladies in waiting. Daisy ridley s voiceover introduces us to ophelia floating in her watery grave suggesting that only now will we hear the real story.
A re imagining of hamlet told from ophelia s perspective. Despite having the queen s favor ophelia is ostracized by the other ladies due to her lack of nobility and her tendency to prefer nature to life in court. In this story neither she nor the danish prince she loves waste time worrying about whether to be or not to be. Directed by claire mccarthy.
It stars daisy ridley in the title role alongside naomi watts clive owen george mackay tom felton and devon terrell. After a quick montage of the wild child learning to be a lady we are introduced to the adult ophelia daisy ridley star wars. Based on the novel by lisa klein the film follows the story of hamlet from ophelia s perspective. The film follows a young girl named ophelia who becomes a lady in waiting to the queen and is soon drawn into the court s politics and has a torrid love affair with the queen s son.
Ophelia 342 imdb 6 6 1h 46min 2020 x ray pg 13 the classic shakespearean tragedy of hamlet is reimagined through a bold and new perspective featuring daisy ridley as the title character. The film premiered at the 2018 sundance film festival and had a limited release on june 28. The movie starts with briefly showing the child ophelia meeting queen gertrude naomi watts the book of henry who takes her in to be a lady in waiting. Naomi watts clive owen co star.