Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
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.
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.