# Twelfth Night (1996)

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**Runtime**: 134 min
**Genres**: Drama, Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Trevor Nunn
**Written by**: Trevor Nunn
**Starring**: Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Mel Smith, Imelda Staunton

> *Never send a boy to do a man's job, especially if he's a girl.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

An Elizabethan rom-com committed to gender-bending before the concept had a Wikipedia entry. A shipwreck leaves Viola posing as Cesario to serve Orsino, who sends the faux page to woo Olivia on his behalf, while Olivia falls for the messenger. The more costume changes it undergoes, the more it resembles a wardrobe malfunction of classic proportions.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful, tender

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