Lear (Sir Laurence Olivier) is an aging King who wants to retire by abdicating to his three daughters. However, in an act of petty ego stroking, he asks them who amongst them loves him most.

A stage-to-screen film of King Lear, filmed in the round in Manchester. A brutal portrait of a man unravelling - pitted against his daughters, nature and the universe itself. Show more A stage-to ...

Fair enough: “King Lear” is a sanguinary tale of the lust ... Branagh never convinces as an old man growing unhinged by the storming tides of outrage that batter his weary heart.