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Story summary
- Chloé Zhao discusses Hamnet's emotional core, focusing on Agnes and William Shakespeare's grief after their son's death.
- In a pivotal scene, Agnes, played by Jessie Buckley, watches her husband Will, played by Paul Mescal, perform as the ghost in Hamlet.
- Zhao emphasizes that Will wrote the play to process his heartache.
- The film uses color in Will's costumes and makeup to symbolize the thin line between reality and art.
- Hamnet has eight Academy Award nominations.
