The movie is called Hamnet because it tells the story of the death of William Shakespeare's son, Hamnet, and speculates that his death inspired the play Hamlet. The name connection is key, as the names Hamnet and Hamlet were considered interchangeable in Elizabethan England. The film, based on a Maggie O'Farrell novel, centers on the grief of the family following the boy's death.
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