Adapted from the Christopher Marlowe play, Derek Jarman boldly depicts Britain’s only acknowledged gay monarch (1307-1327), whose preference for his male lover over his queen created conflict with his barons and eventually led to civil war.

Landmark artist Derek Jarman coyly applies his singular cinematic vision to British history in this revisionist view of the infamous gay monarch. Upending the respectability of period pieces, Edward II severs the fabric of time to reframe queerness as an eternal narrative. Co-starring Tilda Swinton.