An aging King Lear decides to distribute his kingdom among his three daughters, prioritizing their declarations of love for him. However, when his youngest and most truthful daughter, Cordelia, refuses to fake affection in exchange for favor, he banishes her. Lear turns to his remaining daughters, Goneril and Regan, but they plot to take away his power. Meanwhile, Lear's loyal advisor, Gloucester, mistakenly favors his illegitimate son Edmund over his loyal son Edgar, leading to chaos and tragedy for both fathers.
King Lear
An elderly monarch struggles to come to terms with the loss of innocence in a Soviet adaptation of a timeless tragic story.
