Which 2011 film directed by George Clooney is named for the day on which Julius Caesar was killed?

The 2011 George Clooney film named for the day Julius Caesar was killed is The Ides of March.

The title refers to the Ides of March, traditionally identified as March 15 in the Roman calendar. On that day in 44 BCE, Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome by a group of senators, including Brutus and Cassius. The date became one of history’s most famous political warnings because Caesar had been cautioned to “beware the Ides of March.”

Clooney directed the film and also stars in it as Mike Morris, a Democratic governor campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Ryan Gosling plays Stephen Meyers, a talented communications adviser whose idealism is tested by political manipulation, betrayal, and scandal. The screenplay was adapted from Beau Willimon’s play Farragut North.

The film is not a direct retelling of Caesar’s assassination. Instead, it uses the historical phrase as a metaphor for the collapse of trust and the danger surrounding political ambition. “Ides” was a Roman calendar term for the middle day of certain months, not a word meaning assassination or disaster.