What if auditioning for Hamlet became a death sentence?
A theatre director intends to make a revolutionary version of Hamlet. It all starts with finding the right actors and putting their lives in danger.
Direction
Şerban's suffocating long takes trap you on stage
Acting
Cast playing actors playing characters—layers of collapse
Writing
Script devours Shakespeare then spits out bones
Director
Florin Şerban
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Florin Şerban previously won Berlin's Golden Bear for 'If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle'—this is his first horror pivot.
The film mirrors Romanian theatre scandals where directors pushed actors to genuine psychological breaking points for 'truth.'
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