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Shakespeare Must Die (2012)

Shakespeare Must Die
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Length 2h56
Genres Drama,    Horror
Rating66% 3.332653.332653.332653.332653.33265

Shakespeare Must Die (Thai: เชคสเปียร์ต้องตาย) is a 2012 adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. It was directed by Ing Kanjanavanit. The Thai government banned the film fearing it will cause societal disunity.

The Thai-language film tells the story of a theatre group in a fictional country resembling Thailand that is staging a production of Macbeth, in which an ambitious general murders his way to the Scottish throne.

One of the film's main characters is a dictator named Dear Leader, who bears a resemblance to former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup which sparked years of political turmoil between his supporters and critics.
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