Edward II

Name: Edward II
Director: Derek Jarman
Genre: Drama, Romance, History
Released: 1991-10-18
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Steven Waddington, John Lynch, Kevin Collins, Kevin Collins

IMDb link: 0101798
IMDb rating: 6.7 (3,344 votes)
Genres: Drama, Romance, History
Director: Andrew Tiernan, Derek Jarman
Cast: Steven Waddington, John Lynch, Kevin Collins, Kevin Collins and others

Release date: 18 Oct 1991
Release year: 1991
Runtime: 87 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, Japan
Keywords: gay, brother brother relationship, gay interest, uncle nephew relationship, new queer cinema, sex scene, male full frontal nudity, male rear nudity, male frontal nudity, handsome man

Plot:

In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by taking as lover besides his diplomatic wife, the French princess Isabel, not an acceptable lady at court but the ambitious Piers Gaveston, who uses his favor in bed even to wield political influence - the stage is set for a palace revolt which sends the gay pair from the throne to a terminal torture dungeon.

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