“Now is the winter of our discontent” - William Shakespeare
400 years after the death of Cromwell, Scorsese delivers a sweeping tale of love, politics and war in 15th Century England.
An interwoven plot of melancholia chronicles the feudal romances of the King and his allies - the top-notching acting underpinned only by the somber orchestral score.
8/10 - a dark reminder of our past enshrined in a moving analogy of our own mortality