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Lady Macbeth

  • 2016
  • R
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Florence Pugh in Lady Macbeth (2016)
In this adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's novella "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk, a 19th century young bride is sold into marriage to a middle-aged man.
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In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.

  • Director
    • William Oldroyd
  • Writers
    • Nikolai Leskov
    • Alice Birch
  • Stars
    • Florence Pugh
    • Cosmo Jarvis
    • Paul Hilton
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    25K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,236
    6
    • Director
      • William Oldroyd
    • Writers
      • Nikolai Leskov
      • Alice Birch
    • Stars
      • Florence Pugh
      • Cosmo Jarvis
      • Paul Hilton
    • 115User reviews
    • 233Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 23 wins & 54 nominations total

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    Florence Pugh
    Florence Pugh
    • Katherine
    Cosmo Jarvis
    Cosmo Jarvis
    • Sebastian
    Paul Hilton
    Paul Hilton
    • Alexander
    Naomi Ackie
    Naomi Ackie
    • Anna
    Christopher Fairbank
    Christopher Fairbank
    • Boris
    Golda Rosheuvel
    Golda Rosheuvel
    • Agnes
    Anton Palmer
    Anton Palmer
    • Teddy
    Rebecca Manley
    • Mary
    Fleur Houdijk
    • Tessa
    Cliff Burnett
    • Father Peter
    David Kirkbride
    David Kirkbride
    • Edward
    Bill Fellows
    Bill Fellows
    • Dr. Burdon
    Nicholas Lumley
    • Mr. Robertson
    Raymond Finn
    • Mr. Kirkbride
    Ian Conningham
    Ian Conningham
    • Detective Logan
    Finn Burridge
    Finn Burridge
    • Farmhand
    Jack Robertson
    Jack Robertson
    • Farmhand
    Kema Sikazwe
    • Farmhand
    • (as Kema Slkazwe)
    • Director
      • William Oldroyd
    • Writers
      • Nikolai Leskov
      • Alice Birch
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    • Trivia
      Florence Pugh said she loved her nude scenes in this film. Pugh reflected on her breakout role during an interview for Britain's ES Magazine and admitted the part "changed everything" for her. "I loved the fact she was naked all the time. At that point in my life, I had been made to feel shit about what I looked like and that film was perfect. There was no room for me to feel insecure."
    • Goofs
      A Cornish Rex cat first appears at 14:30. The breed first appeared around 1950.
    • Quotes

      Katherine: I'd rather stop you breathing than have you doubt how I feel.

    • Connections
      Featured in The EE British Academy Film Awards (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
      (uncredited)

      German folk tune

      Lyrics by Joachim Neander, translated by Catherine Winkworth

    User reviews115

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    Masterful photography of a Shakespeare-like lusty drama.
    Looking at the title, you might think director William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth is about revenge, lust, murder, and boredom, and you would be right on all counts. Katherine (Florence Pugh), a 19th century teen bride of an arranged marriage to a middle-aged drunk, can't get no satisfaction. Her husband is impotent for starters, and the estate is so forbidding murder would seem to be a required pastime.

    Yet, sex is the prime mover here, where she discovers randy groomsman Sebastian (Cosmo Jarvis), and takes him to bed in the long absence of her hubby. Meek black Anna (Naomi Ackie), Katherine's servant, observes the shenanigans, much as we do, unable to change what she sees will be an outcome unpleasant to the core. To the end Anna is faithful to Katherine, a slave to a mistress who is herself a slave to men and convention.

    Several archetypal themes arise in this somber, artfully-photographed drama. For instance, one that emphasizes the wages of sin is prominent; another about the subjugated rising against the oppressor; and another about the danger of socially imprisoning smart women in a paternalistic society. A leitmotif also surfaces about the dangers of debilitating class distinctions, which are never a good thing in the long haul.

    Ari Wegner's cinematography is portrait-like if considering only the recurring shot of Katherine sitting on her Victorian couch in a consuming dress that seems to deteriorate with each similar shot. Underneath the dress is the corset, so long a symbol of the era's tight hold on women.

    Remembering Amma Asante's Belle, I'm pleased to see another art- film treatment of fraught race relations in merry ol' England. That none of this will ever stop is promised in the spawn of the miscreants, children of evil destined to repeat their parents' sins.

    Lady Macbeth is an interesting minimalist story of a smothered young woman, whose intensity will lay waste to the social fabric of the estate. In fact, much of the proceedings are Shakespearean with their emphasis on man's weakness in his dominance, a woman's Eve-like ability to lure men into sin, and the pride that inevitably leads to a fall.

    Depressing but dramatically satisfying.
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    • Aug 5, 2017

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    • Release date
      • July 14, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Sixty-Six Picture (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Леді Макбет
    • Filming locations
      • Lambton Castle, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England, UK(The Lesters' home)
    • Production companies
      • Sixty-Six Pictures
      • BBC Films
      • British Film Institute (BFI)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • £500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,129,408
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $64,537
      • Jul 16, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,343,632
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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