"Tell me a story," the earthy young woman asks the shy Latin tutor early in Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet." What story, he asks? "Something that moves you."

She's made a shrewd choice of storyteller. This awkward young man seems to have a way with words as he recounts the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. As well he should: One day he'll be known as the finest wordsmith in the world.

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