Sebastiane
“A film by Derek Jarman”
Drama
Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian becomes the target of lust for the officer Severus, but repeatedly rejects the man's advances. Castigated for his Christian faith, he is tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed.
VIBE
A stark, sensual, and brutal examination of faith clashing with carnal desire in ancient Rome. Its deliberate pace and homoerotic undertones create a uniquely austere and spiritual, yet deeply human, experience.
austereeroticbrutalmelancholicspiritualslow-burnarthousehistorical dramaslow motionfaithsexualitymartyrdomdesireprejudice
fightexileancient rometortureexecutionslow motionpacifistpaganhomoeroticismhuntsword duelreligious prejudiceerotic moviemilitary unitmilitary outpostliving in exilesituational sexuality4th century
