Titus
(1999)
★ 6.4 IMDb · 294 votes
Year: 1999
Runtime: 162 мин
Country: United Kingdom, Italy
Director: Julie Taymor
Cast: Энтони Хопкинс, Джессика Лэнг, Джонатан Риз Майерс, Мэттью Риз, Гарри Ленникс, Энгус Макфадьен, Колм Фиори, Алан Камминг, Лора Фрейзер, Raz Degan
Plot
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.
War begets revenge. Victorious General Titus Andronicus returns to Rome with hostages: Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and her sons. He orders the eldest hewn to appease the Roman dead. He declines the proffered Emperor's crown, nominating Saturninus, the last ruler's venal elder son. Saturninus, to spite his brother Bassianus, demands the hand of Lavinia, Titus' daughter. When Bassianus, Lavinia, and Titus' sons flee in protest, Titus stands against them and slays one of his own. Saturninus marries the honey-tongued Tamora, who vows vengeance against Titus. The ensuing maelstrom serves up tongues, hands, rape, adultery, racism, and Goth-meat pie. There's irony in which two sons survive.