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Prospero's Books
UNITED KINGDOM · 1991

Prospero's Books

Peter Greenaway
magic and sorcery revenge and forgiveness exile and isolation forbidden love power and control
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Synopsis

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.

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