The read
Critics rate it 36 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 36 points higher than audiences do.
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Derek JarmanDirector
- Derek JarmanWriter
- Simon Fisher-TurnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tilda SwintonMadonna/Voice Overs
- Johnny MillsLover
- Philip MacDonaldJoseph
- Pete Lee-WilsonDevil
- Spencer LeighMary Magdalene / Adam
- Jody GraberYoung Boy
- Roger CookChrist
- Kevin CollinsLover
- Dawn ArchibaldNature Spirit
- Milo BellCast Member
- Vernon DobtcheffOld Man at Sauna
- Michael GoughVoice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
Stills
Themes
lgbtgay theme