Orlando

Orlando

1992 · 90 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.9 (279 votes)
Dir. Sally Potter · Starring Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey, Heathcote Williams · Music Sally Potter
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England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

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A lavish, dreamlike journey through centuries. It feels like wandering through a beautiful, ever-shifting painting, questioning the nature of self and the passage of time with a gentle, ethereal touch.

etherealdreamlikewistfulenchantingslow-burnarthouseperiod dramamagical realismliterary adaptationidentitygendertimeimmortality
londonenglandbased on novel or bookqueen elizabeth ibreaking the fourth wallandrogynywoman directornoblemanwomen's rightsottoman empire
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