Orlando
Dir: Sally PotterCast: Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville
75mins 1992 UK | Russia | Italy | France | Netherlands Certificate: PG English | French
F-Rated Orlando
Part of Depot's Book to Film Club
In 1600, nobleman Orlando inherits his parents' house, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I, who commands the young man to never change.
After a disastrous affair with Russian princess Sasha, Orlando looks for solace in the arts before being appointed ambassador to Constantinople in 1700, where war is raging.
One morning, Orlando is shocked to wake up as a woman and returns home, struggling as a female to retain her property as the centuries roll by.
'The film's wit and layered sense of history seem richer than ever' - Caryn James, Newsday
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