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Elsinore

Dir. Simon Stone

111 min

The wonder that is British actor Andrew Scott reaches a new creative peak as he takes up the role of Ian Charleson, the actor best known for "Chariots of Fire," who assumes the lead in "Hamlet" at London's National Theatre—replacing Daniel Day-Lewis—even as he faces a diagnosis of AIDS. Scott delivers a performance inside a performance, as the dual characters (Charleson and Hamlet) wrestle with mortality and the most profound question: To be or not to be?