Outliving Shakespeare

Name: Outliving Shakespeare
Director: Inna Sahakyan
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-11-18

2025 · 94 min · Documentary

In a decaying Soviet-era retirement home, a vibrant group of elders cling to life by staging Shakespeare. Yet loneliness lingers beyond the theater’s doors, until drama begins to blur with reality.

Directed by Inna Sahakyan

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