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Edward II
1991
Synopsis
England, early 1300s. Edward II’s infatuation with the lowborn, puckish Piers Gaveston rattles the court. Embittered and infuriated by sexual rejection and her husband’s displays of favoritism, Queen Isabella stokes the nobles’ discontent and, with military leader Mortimer, plots to depose the king.
Editorial
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.
