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Campanadas a medianoche

1965, Movie, 1h 55min

The crowning achievement of Orson Welles’s extraordinary cinematic career, CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT was the culmination of the filmmaker’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff—the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son Prince Hal—here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace. Integrating elements from both “Henry IV” plays as well as “Richard II,” “Henry V,” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” Welles created a gritty and unorthodox Shakespeare film as a lament, he said, “for the death of Merrie England.” Poetic, philosophical, and visceral—with a kinetic centerpiece battle sequence that rivals anything in the director’s body of work—CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT is as monumental as the figure at its heart.

Country: France,Spain,Switzerland

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Reviews

Critic Roger Ebert

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Welles was born to play Falstaff...

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic David Parkinson

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...despite his customary battles with budgets and schedules, Welles had lost none of his vitality, either as an actor or director.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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The confidence and panache of his staging is a treat.

Read full review at The Guardian

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In the midst of war and political intrigue, Sir John Falstaff, a rotund and charismatic knight, takes center stage in this adaptation of Shakespeare's classic works. With his loyal band of misfits and thieves, Falstaff embarks on a journey of self-discovery and redemption, all while navigating the treacherous waters of the English monarchy. With a cast of colorful characters, including the young Prince Hal and the fiery Hotspur, this epic tale of loyalty, honor, and betrayal is a must-see for fans of historical drama and Shakespearean comedy.

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