Festivals - Fantasia 2020: Shakespeare's Shitstorm in World Premiere

By Mulder, 08 august 2020

25 years after Tromeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare's The Tempest becomes: #ShakespearesShitstorm a supreme satire with Kaufman sauce of this best of worlds, intolerant of different opinions, allergic to micro-aggressions and complaining excessively. Here comes back our dear uncle Lloyd and his gang of Tromanarchists, who give a well-deserved finger of honour to the ambient hyper-hypocrisy, and who laughs in the face of the United States of Decency. A hurricane of madness, a filmic Tourette's Syndrome, celebrating Troma's 45 years of irreverent cinema, to the joy of film buffs around the world.

Synopsis:
Mad scientist Prospero (Lloyd Kaufman) and his blind daughter Miranda (Kate McGarrigle) find refuge in Tromaville, to escape from a group of evil pharmaceutical executives, including his sister Antoinette (Lloyd Kaufman... in drag!), who ruined his career when he found a cure for opioid addiction. With the help of a crack-addicted disabled prostitute (Amanda Flowers), he takes his revenge and gives a huge amount of laxative to whales while his enemies are on a cruise ship bound for North Korea. A gigantic, and literal, shit storm hits the ship and they all end up stranded in Tromaville. Prospero can finally set his ultimate revenge in motion.
Shakespeare’s Shitstorm

Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
Produced by Justin Brennan, Patricia Kaufman, Justin Martell
Written by Brandon Bassham
Based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Starring Zac Amico, Frazer Brown, Vada Callisto, Catherine Corcoran, Elizabeth D'Ambrosio, Monique Dupree, Amanda Flowers, Ahkai Franklin, Zoë Geltman, Dai Green, Dylan Mars Greenberg, Teresa Hui, Lloyd Kaufman, Kate McGarrigle, Erin Miller, Julie Ann Prescot, Debbie Rochon, Abraham Sparrow, Nadia White
Music by Filipe Melo
Cinematography : Lucas Pitassi
Edited by : Sebastian Martinez
Production company : Troma Entertainment INC
Distrbuted by Troma Entertainment INC
Release date : Augsut 20 2020 (Canada)
Running time : 94mns

(Source : official website Fantasia 2020)