Hamnet

Best Actress, Oscars 2026 

Original language: English

Subtitles: Romanian

Directed by: Chloé Zhao

Country: UK, USA

Year of production: 2025

Length: 125 minutes

Genre: Drama, Biography

In late 16th-century England, Agnes, a healer sensitive to the world around her, builds a home with William, a local tutor and aspiring playwright. As their lives fracture, they are tested by distance, silence, and grief. 

Credits

Director – Chloé Zhao

Screenplay – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell

Based on the book by – Maggie O’Farrell

Producers – Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall, Nicolas Gonda

Cinematography – Łukasz Żal

Editors – Affonso Gonçalves, Chloé Zhao

Music – Max Richter 

Cast

Jessie Buckley 

Paul Mescal 

Emily Watson

Joe Alwyn 

Luke Thompson