Stratford Festival: Antony and Cleopatra
★ 4 · 2015 · 152m · Drama · Romance · Adventure
Reason and judgement prove no match for the tsunami of mutual passion engulfing Mark Antony, one of the three joint rulers of the Roman republic, and Cleopatra, the seductive queen of Egypt. Surrendering everything to their desires, they open the floodgates to a civil conflict that will shake the very foundations of their world.
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