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The Designated Mourner is a play written by Wallace Shawn in 1996, which was adapted into a film and was directed by David Hare in 1997.
May 23, 1997 · The Designated Mourner: Directed by David Hare. With Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser. Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judys father.
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- Drama
- David Hare
- 1997-05-23
Nov 7, 1997 · “The Designated Mourner” is about a society that does not like readers, and most of its words are spoken by a survivor who stands a little outside and looks wryly at what happened to the members of his circle. He chuckles sometimes at the entire foundation of his idea of himself.
In a dystopian society where intellectuals are executed by the repressive, pseudo-fascist government, Jack (Mike Nichols) has relinquished his culture and...
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- David Hare
- R
- Drama
Directed by playwright/filmmaker David Hare, starring Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser and one of America's most famous film directors, Mike Nichols, in his feature film acting debut, The Designated Mourner is a genuinely original, intimate, and compelling experience. 19 IMDb 6.3 1 h 34 min 1997. R.
Set in an unnamed country not unlike our own, at a time that could be tommorow or the day after, the drama centers around Jack, a student of no particular distinction who finds himself at the center of the intellectual elite, courtesy of his marriage to Judy, whose father, Howard, is a revered poet.
The Designated Mourner. Jump to. Summaries. Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judys father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's point of view. Synopsis. The story is told in a series of monologues, shifting from one character to the next.
