King Lear

Jealous love leads to destruction.

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

Comedy Drama

Burgess Meredith

(Don Learo)

Peter Sellars

(William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth)

Julie Delpy

(Virginia)

Leos Carax

(Edgar)

Molly Ringwald

(Cordelia)

Jean-Luc Godard

(Professor Pluggy)

Norman Mailer

(The Great Writer)

Woody Allen

(Mr. Alien)

Freddy Buache

(Professor Quentin (uncredited))

Kate Mailer

(Herself (uncredited))

Suzanne Lanza

((uncredited))

Michèle Pétin

(Journalist (uncredited))

Menahem Golan

(Himself (voice) [uncredited])