The crazy document Grand Theft Hamlet arrives on Mubi: can we set up a room in GTA Online?
During confinement, two English -unemployed actors try to put Hamlet in the Grand Theft Autline Video Game. An absurd, hilarious and euphoric documentary.
Funny film object that this Grand Theft Hamlet. Born from the boredom of two English unemployed players during confinement, this crazy documentary tells of their attempt to set up the Hamlet room inside GTA: Online. Shot completely inside the game, the film therefore tells this improbable epic (the online recruitment of more or less amateur actors; constant doubts about the feasibility of the project; other players who break rehearsals by pulling on the actors; Disconnections and unexpected falls…).
And good news: after having made the event in many festivals around the world (including that of La Roche-sur-Yon), Grand Theft Hamlet Finally will soon be visible by the general public from February 21 on the Mubi platform.
Discover the trailer and the official synopsis: ” January 2021. The United Kingdom is in its third confinement and all places of entertainment remain closed. For Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen, theater actors, the future is uncertain. While the pandemic drags on, Mark – single and childless – is more and more socially isolated, while Sam panic at the idea of having to support her young family. They spend their days in the digital world online from Grand Theft Auto And when they come across a theater, they suddenly have the idea of putting on a complete production of Hamlet in the game. Pinny, Sam’s wife and documentaries director, also enters the game as avatar to record their trip. This film retraces their ridiculous, hilarious and moving adventure as they face violent ” Griefers ” and discover surprising truths about the life, friendship and the immutable power of Shakespeare. »»
