Lady Macbeth

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British film film period drama film

Lady Macbeth is a 2016 British period drama film in which Florence Pugh delivers a breakout performance as a young woman trapped in a suffocating marriage who resorts to increasingly ruthless measures to claim her freedom.

Aliases (1)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film → film → period drama film →
awardReceived	British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for Florence Pugh → British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay →
basedOn	Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District → novella by Nikolai Leskov →
character	Alexander Lester → Anna → Katherine Lester → Sebastian →
cinematographyBy	Ari Wegner →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
criticalReception	generally positive →
director	William Oldroyd →
distributor	Altitude Film Distribution → Roadside Attractions →
editedBy	Nick Emerson →
filmingLocation	County Durham →
genre	drama film → period drama →
leadActor	Florence Pugh →
MPAARating	R →
musicBy	Dan Jones →
nominatedFor	BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film → BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer →
notableFor	Florence Pugh breakout performance →
originalLanguage	English →
plotSummary	A young woman in a loveless, oppressive marriage resorts to increasingly ruthless measures to claim her freedom. →
premieredAt	Toronto International Film Festival →
producer	Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly →
productionCompany	BBC Films → BFI Film Fund → iFeatures →
releaseDate	2016-09-10 →
releaseYear	2016 →
runtimeMinutes	89 →
screenwriter	Alice Birch →
settingPeriod	19th century →
stars	Christopher Fairbank → Cosmo Jarvis → Florence Pugh → Naomi Ackie → Paul Hilton →
theme	female agency → oppression → patriarchy → violence →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Florence Pugh →	appearsIn
Lady Macbeth ("Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District") →	basedOn
Florence Pugh →	notableWork