The Happy Prince

(2018)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 194 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2018

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: Italy, United Kingdom

Director: Руперт Эверетт

Cast: Руперт Эверетт, Колин Ферт, Эмили Уотсон, Колин Морган, Edwin Thomas, Franca Abategiovanni, Alister Cameron, Анна Чанселлор, Беатрис Даль, Tom Colley

Plot

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover. Accused and convicted of gross indecency, he was imprisoned for two years and subjected to hard labor. Once free, he abandons England to live in France, where he will spend his last years, haunted by memories of the past, poverty and immense sadness.

In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed. The past floods back, taking him to other times and places. Was he once the most famous man in London? The artist crucified by a society that once worshipped him? Under the microscope of death he reviews the failed attempt to reconcile with his long suffering wife Constance, the ensuing reprisal of his fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and the warmth and devotion of Robbie Ross, who tried and failed to save him from himself. Travelling through Wilde's final act and journeys through England, France and Italy, the transience of lust is laid bare and the true riches of love are revealed. It is a portrait of the dark side of a genius who lived and died for love.