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Mood:
- AtmosphericStylizedOffbeatCaptivating
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Plot:
- VengeanceImaginary KingdomLegends and MythsMemory LossImaginaryMind and SoulRivalryParents and Children more...
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Genres:
- DramaFantasyExperimentalErotic
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Place:
- Island
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Style:
- SurrealTalky
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousFantastic
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Prospero's Books, 1991
English
Netherlands, France, UK, Italy, Japan
Profile of Prospero's Books
Prospero's Books can be described as atmospheric, stylized, and offbeat. The plot revolves around memory loss, legends and myths, and an imaginary kingdom. The main genres are drama, fantasy, and erotic. In terms of style, Prospero's Books is experimental, is surreal, and is talky. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It is set, at least in part, on an island. Prospero's Books is adapted from a play.
Summary of Prospero's Books
The story of the former Duke of Milan, Prospero, exiled with his daughter Miranda to a tiny island. There, with the help of mystical books brought with him in his flight, the magician Prospero summons incredible powers in vengeance against his enemies. Based on Shakespeare's last play, "The Tempest."
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Netherlands, France, UK, Italy, Japan |
| Release date: | 28 September 1991 |
| Runtime: | 124 min |
Cast and Crew
as Prospero
as Caliban
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