The Sound and the Fury

Year: 1959

Runtime: 110 mins

Language: English

Director: Martin Ritt

Drama

Based on William Faulkner’s intense tale, the drama follows a once‑proud Southern aristocratic family as they grapple with the collapse of their lineage and the erosion of reputation, faith, wealth and honor, all while a forbidden love shatters an unspoken taboo and threatens to reshape their destiny.

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