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Orlando

Directed by Sally Potter
United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands
1992
94 mins

This retrospective screening will be preceded by the short film Look at Me.

In 1600, nobleman Orlando (Tilda Swinton) inherits his parents' house, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp), who commands the young man to never change. After a disastrous affair with Russian princess Sasha (Charlotte Valandrey), 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.

  • Year
    1992
  • Country
    United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands
  • Language
    English
  • Director
    Sally Potter
  • Cast
    Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, Charlotte Valandrey, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville, Thom Hoffman
  • Writer
    Sally Potter
  • Cinematographer
    Alexey Rodionov
  • Editor
    Hervé Schneid
  • Genre
    Drama, Fantasy
  • Theme
    Directed by Women, Drama, Retrospective

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