The Tempest - Film

Prospera (Dame Helen Mirren) is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island, where the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda. This leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a struggle not about brawn, but about intellect. Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.