Tempests - Essay on a Rehearsal (2015): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2015, Tempests - Essay on a Rehearsal is a documentary film directed by Uli Decker, running about 30 minutes.

What it’s about. A documentary essay about a text that penetrates lives and lives that penetrate a text. In September 2015 teatro GRIOT - a theatre company based in Lisbon, whose actors are mostly Afro-descendants - started to rehearse Shakespeare's "The Tempest" with acclaimed director Bruno Bravo in a little coastal village. Starting with the first rehearsals the film explores Shakespeare's text and the actors' biographies, between the play and the landscape and brings up topics such as memories, home, emigration and colonialism. A complex mosaic of multiple voices.

Who’s in it. Tempests - Essay on a Rehearsal stars Zia Soares, Bruno Bravo, Margarida Bento and Ana Rosa Mendes, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Tempests - Essay on a Rehearsal page.

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