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The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

2018 · 101 min · EN · R · 6.4 (155 votes)
Dir. Rupert Everett · Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Franca Abategiovanni · Music Gabriel Yared
Drama

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover. Accused and convicted of gross indecency, he was imprisoned for two years and subjected to hard labor. Once free, he abandons England to live in France, where he will spend his last years, haunted by memories of the past, poverty and immense sadness.

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A somber, elegiac portrait of Wilde's final years. It's a heartbreaking, slow-burn descent into memory and regret, steeped in the beauty and tragedy of a life lived boldly but ultimately broken by societal prejudice.

melancholicelegiacsomberpoignantheartbreakingslow-burnperiod dramabiographicalarthouseliterary adaptationlovelossartsocial injusticeredemption
parisfrancenaplesitalybiographyvictorian englandperiod drama19th centuryportrait of an artistliterary figuresocial prejudicesgay themelgbt interest
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