Twelfth Night

About Twelfth Night

Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.

Twelfth Night (1996) is a comedy romance film directed by Trevor Nunn. Its themes are disguise, fool, love, and love triangle.

Helena Bonham Carter stars as Olivia, Richard E. Grant as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Nigel Hawthorne as Malvolio, and Ben Kingsley as Feste. Released in October 1996, it runs 134 minutes.

The screenplay is by Trevor Nunn.

Vanilla Sky, Match Point, and Café Society make useful companions to Twelfth Night. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 100 votes and it carries a PG rating.