Prospero's Books

1991

Action / Drama / Fantasy

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 62% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 82% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 7102 7.1K

surrealism william shakespeare based on play or musical tempest experimental film magical realism

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Plot summary

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.

Director

Peter Greenaway Photo
Peter Greenaway

Top cast

Mark Rylance Photo
Mark Rylance as Ferdinand
Jim van der Woude Photo
Jim van der Woude as Trinculo
Isabelle Pasco Photo
Isabelle Pasco as Miranda
Michel Blanc Photo
Michel Blanc as Alonso
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.14 GB
1280*714
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 3
2.11 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Jon S 1 / 10

This was the most unbearably dull film I

This was the most unbearably dull film I have ever seen. I saw it at the cinema with a friend and by the time we’d reached half way through, I had to apologise and explain that I could bear it no longer.
Reviewed by Leo P 10 / 10

Is life nothing but a dream, and a

Is life nothing but a dream, and a dream seldom visits sorrow, and when it does, it comforts? What's the number of dance possibilities in human body? Where do thoughts go once they are chased away by other thoughts? Is " Prospero's Books" merely a movie of naked men and women, and everything else is a conjecture?
Reviewed by Terry M 2 / 10

The worst pretentious piece of crap ever made

The worst pretentious piece of crap ever made. Then again that sums up the majority of Peter Greenway´s filmography with THE COOK, THE THEIF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER being the only slight exception. One feels embarrassed for the legendary actor John Gielgud who gives THE worst performance of his otherwise lustrious career
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