King Lear 2008

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

Cast:

Ian McKellen
King Lear 

Romola Garai
Cordelia 

Monica Dolan
Regan 

Sylvester McCoy
The Fool 

Philip Winchester
Edmund 

Peter Hinton
Duke of Burgundy