King Lear

Running 3h 10m and made in United Kingdom, King Lear (1999) is a Drama film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Brian Blessed and Hildegard Neil; Brian Blessed directs. 1 vote put it at 9/10. King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favour, he banishes her and turns for support to his other two daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favours his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar.