TCFF 2025 | HEDDA review: Tessa Thompson dazzles in a sultry, sumptuous adaptation of Ibsen’s classic play

Hedda is a pretty loose adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play from the 1870s. Nia DaCosta takes Ibsen's themes and gives them a sumptuous and feminist twist while making some notable changes to the plot. One clear change is the setting, which shifts from 19th-century Norway, representing the white European bourgeoisie, to 1950s England featuring a …

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