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“Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao’s film about Shakespeare’s family, has claimed the Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award, often a predictor of Oscar success.

The win was announced Sunday, along with several other festival honorees. Runners-up for the People’s Choice prize were Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” and Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”

“Hamnet,” based on a book by Maggie O’Farrell and screenplay by O’Farrell and Zhao, probes the idea that Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” was profoundly influenced by the death of his 11-year-old son, Hamnet. Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes (also known as Anne), is central to the story.

Zhao, who has helmed five fi

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