Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

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Studio: Miramax Films

Rating: PG

Release Date: Jun 9, 2000

Running Time: 93 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

starring: Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Richard Clifford, Carmen Ejogo, Daniel Hill, Nathan Lane, Adrian Lester, Matthew Lillard, Natascha McElhone, Geraldine McEwan

director: Kenneth Branagh

Love's Labour's Lost

A musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, set in the glamorous court of the King of Navarre. In 1939, the King and his three best friends swear off women for several years so they can devote themselves to philosophical study. However, when the Princess of France arrives on a diplomatic mission with her three beautiful attendants in tow, their plan goes awry. The men conceal their passions from each other and pursue their respective love interests in secret. Their romantic interludes come to a grinding halt when the Princess is suddenly summoned home to bury her father and the men are recruited to fight the Nazis. Before they all separate, the men pledge their love and vow to remain faithful, no matter what the impending war may bring.

Get out your top hat and tails -- the Bard goes Broadway in this adaptation of one of Shakespeare's more obscure comedies.

Story

Transported to 1930s Hollywood pre-World War II, the King of Navarre (Alessandro Nivola) makes a solemn vow to give up women for three years so he can concentrate on his philosophical studies. His three best friends (Kenneth Branagh, Matthew Lillard and Adrian Lester) follow suit. But when the Princess of France (Alicia Silverstone) and her attendants (Natascha…