HAMNET IN CAUIM - Cauim Film Club

Marco Aurélio Lucchetti

Edited by: Marco Aurélio Lucchetti

Hamlet It is, without a doubt, one of the most celebrated tragedies written by William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet born in 1564 and died in 1616.

William Shakespeare, in a portrait painted around 1611 by John Taylor.

Written between 1599 and 1601, the play, whose central character is the prince Hamlet, The Danish novel has been adapted for film numerous times. Two of these adaptations were extremely significant: the one made in 1948 by actor and filmmaker Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) and the one made in 1964 by the Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev (1905-1973).

A scene from Hamlet (1964), a Russian film shown by Cauim in 1983.

Now, in 2025, Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao directed (she also collaborated on the screenplay) the film. Hamnet: Life Before Hamlet (Hamnet, (in the original).

Set in 1580s England, the film, produced by Amblin Partners and Hera Pictures, delves into the life of Agnes (Jessie Buckley), a woman with a unique spiritual connection to nature, and her husband, a young tutor and playwright (Paul Mescal). While he seeks success on the London stage, Agnes faces the devastation of the plague that strikes her family in Stratford. The plot focuses on the painful loss of her eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, and how this grief becomes the creative catalyst for her husband's most famous work, Hamlet. It's a visceral narrative about motherhood, female resilience, and the transformation of pain into timeless art.

Hamnet: Life Before Hamlet It is approximately two hours long and is loosely inspired by real characters and events.

A scene from Hamnet: Life Before Hamlet.

Awards

Venice Film Festival (2025): Winner of the Silver Lion (Best Direction) and of Coppa Volpi of Best Actress (Jessie Buckley).
Globe of Goldo 2026: Winner of Best Drama Film e Best Actress in a Dramaa (Jessie Buckley).
BAFTA 2026: Winner of Best British Film e Best Actress (Jessie Buckley).
Oscar 2026: Nominated in eight categories: Best Film, Best Direction (Chloé Zhao), Best Actress (Jessie Buckley), Best Adapted Screenplayo (Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell), Best Original Soundtrackl (Max Richter),
Best Costume (Malgosia Turzanska), Best Production Designo (Fiona Crombie & Alice Feltonand Best Cast (Nina Gold)..

And starting next day March 12 (Thursdayand even March 18 (Wednesday), the Cauim Film Club, the real movie theater in Ribeirão Preto, will be showing Hamnet: Life Before Hamlet.

There will be two daily sessions: one at 16 hours (four o'clock in the afternoon) and another to 7:30 PM (seven thirty at night).

There is a maintenance fee: R$ 20.00 for a full ticket, R$ 10.00 for a half ticket.

But there is also a promotion: on Thursday (March 12) and on Friday (March 13Everyone pays only R$ 10.00.

And the Cauim, the film club that promotes citizenship by showcasing excellent contemporary films.

Important reminder Hamnet: Life Before Hamlet It has an age rating of fourteen years. And the copy to be displayed in Cauim é subtitled.