National Theatre Live: Phèdre backdrop
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National Theatre Live: Phèdre

The result is carnage.

7.8 / 10
2009
125 min
Drama

A new English adaptation of the classic French tragedy Phèdre by Jean Racine (1639-1699). It retells the ancient Greek tale of the wife of the Atenian King Theseus, who conceived a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.