The Merchant of Venice is a 2004 romantic drama film based on Shakespeare's play of the same name.
A co-production between the United Kingdom, Italy, and Luxembourg, The Merchant of Venice was screened non-competitively at the 61st edition of the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2004 in what was touted as its world premiere (the film was in fact screened 3 September 2004 at the Telluride Film Festival).
Director Michael Radford believed that Shylock was Shakespeare's first great tragic hero who reaches a catastrophe due to his own flaws,
Cast
Al Pacino as Shylock
Jeremy Irons as Antonio
Joseph Fiennes as Bassanio
Lynn Collins as Portia
Zuleikha Robinson as Jessica
Kris Marshall as Gratiano
Charlie Cox as Lorenzo
Heather Goldenhersh as Nerissa
Mackenzie Crook as Launcelot Gobbo
John Sessions as Salerio
Gregor Fisher as Solanio
Ron Cook as Old Gobbo
Allan Corduner as Tubal
Anton Rodgers as The Duke
David Harewood as Prince of Morocco
Jules Werner as Franciscan Friar
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Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.
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