Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao had her London Film Festival audience completely zen ahead of the U.K. premiere of Hamnet .

The Nomadland and Eternals filmmaker was introduced by Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg — a co-producer on the movie through Amblin Entertainment — ahead of the screening at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Saturday. The gut-wrenching period drama follows Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley as his wife, Agnes, thrown into contrasting experiences of grief following the death of their young son, Hamnet.

Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao had her London Film Festival audience completely zen ahead of the U.K. premiere of Hamnet .

The Nomadland and Eternals filmmaker was introduced by Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg — a

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