Doubt (Tardid) (2009) - film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Shauna O'Brien (Trinity College Dublin)

Ed. by Ema Vyroubalova, Trinity College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Domains

Cinema/ Film/ TV

Dates

Date of occurrence 2009-02-06

Places

Iran (Location)
England (Involved)

Genres and Modes

Adaptation

Adapted from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Directed by Varouzh Karim-Masihi. Starring Bahram Radan, Taraneh Alidoosti, Hamed Komeili, Alireza Shoja-Noori, Mohammad Motee. Farsi with English subtitles. 116 mins.

Tardid (Doubt) is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet directed by the Armenian-Iranian filmmaker Varouzh Karim-Masihi. The film premiered at the International Fadjr Film Festival on February 6^th, 2009 in Tehran, where it won the Crystal Simorgh Award for Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. Tardid marked the return of Karim-Masihi after a 17-year absence from Iranian cinema, a lacuna that Azadeh Ganjeh attributes to the Supreme …

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Citation: O'Brien, Shauna. "Doubt (Tardid) (2009) - film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 March 2018 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19453, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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