The Hamlet Syndrome - MovieDB Browser

2022 8.0 (1 votes) 1h 26m

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Documentary

Production Companies

Kundschafter Filmproduktion
Canal+
SWR
Balapolis
Südwestfunk
Chicken & Egg Films

The Hamlet Syndrome (Das Hamlet-Syndrom)

To be or not to be in Ukraine

Overview

Five young Ukrainians discuss life following the Maidan Revolution of 2014. Not all fought in the Russian-Ukrainian war, but it, regardless, shattered their life plans. Representing 'Generation Maidan', they face the question of how to cope with experiences of violence, how to go on. A local theatre director produces Hamlet, wherein they can use Shakespeare’s tragic character as a mirror and face their traumas onstage. For them, 'to be or not to be' is not simply text but an existential dilemma with no clear answer.