The tempest

2010
The tempest
Poster The tempest

Title: The tempest

Original Title: The tempest

Year: 2010

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: March 04 2011
  • United States: December 10 2010

Plot

In Julie Taymor's version of 'The Tempest,' the main character is now a woman named Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor's version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island; it's a tabula rasa: no society, so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda. This leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a struggle not about brawn, but about intellect.

Awards

  • 2011 Academy Awards (Oscars): 1 0

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