Life Goes On (King Lear)

Datta, Sangeeta 2009

A contemporary film adaptation of King Lear, set in modern-day London, centred on the life of three generations of immigrants of a Hindu family from Bengal. Read More

Trailer for Life Goes On (2009)

Trailer for Stormglass Productions’ contemporary film adaptation of King Lear, set in modern-day London, centred on the life of three generations of immigrants of a Hindu family from Bengal.

Opening Sequence – Cordelia Rehearses

Opening sequence. As a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Dia plays Cordelia in a student performance of King Lear.

CORDELIA (to Lear): I yet beseech your majesty,–
If for I want that glib and oily art,
To speak and purpose not [OMITTED: since what I well intend,
I’ll do’t before I speak,]–that you make known
It is no vicious blot, murder, or foulness,
No unchaste action, or dishonour’d step,
That hath deprived me of your grace and favour;
But even for want of that for which I am richer,
A still-soliciting eye, and such a tongue
As I am glad I have not, though not to have it
Hath lost me in your liking.

Cordelia Rehearses (continued)

Continued from the previous clip. As a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Dia plays Cordelia in a student performance of King Lear.

Sanjay Interviewed on TV

Sanjay is interviewed on TV and shares his memories of the partition of India and of how his family fled the country.