'Young Werther' Review: Is He a Suitor or a Stalker?

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Goethe's classic 'Young Werther' gets a contemporary retelling, but is the moody protagonist a hopeless romantic or a dangerous stalker?

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Director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) helms this modernized adaptation, bringing his signature style to the 18th-century tale.
Rising star Timothée Chalamet is set to play the title role, potentially launching him into the upper echelons of young Hollywood.

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name, 'The Sorrows of Young Werther', 'Young Werther'