In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowes Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by taking as lover besides his diplomatic wife, the French princess Isabel, not an acceptable lady at court but the ambitious Piers Gaveston, who uses his favor in bed even to wield political influence - the stage is set for a palace revolt which sends the gay pair from the throne to a terminal torture dungeon.
1991
HD
90min
R
United Kingdom
English
Derek Jarman
Andrew Tiernan
Steven Waddington
Tilda Swinton
Jody Graber
Annie Lennox
Nigel Terry
Jerome Flynn
Dudley Sutton
John Lynch
based on play or musical
palace intrigue
husband wife relationship
gay theme
male homosexuality
14th century
medieval england
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