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In line with its Gay & Friendly programming, in partnership with the Théâtre de la Cité, Bproud, and Lo Peolh, the association Les Ouvreurs is offering a unique and exclusive screening in 35mm and with subtitles of EDWARD II by Derek Jarman this Thursday, January 12 at 8 PM at the Théâtre de la Cité (3 rue Paganini) in Nice.
EDWARD II by Derek Jarman (Fiction, United Kingdom, 1991, 1h26, Subtitled, 35mm, All Audiences)
The play by Marlowe revisited as a punk tragedy and emblem of gay resistance.
Synopsis: Newly crowned, Edward II recalls his lover Piers Gaveston from exile. He lavishes him with gifts and honorary titles and allows him to take revenge on the Bishop of Winchester, who was responsible for his banishment, by having him tortured and imprisoned in the Tower of London. In response, the court, united under the leader of the army Mortimer and the neglected Queen Isabella, organizes to bring about the downfall of the troublesome favorite…
Telerama: “For Derek Jarman, already ailing, the ‘forces of Evil’ are the England beset by the conservative revolution of Margaret Thatcher and, consequently, by a devastating homophobia. (…) Politically and aesthetically, Edward II – the best Jarman, by far – still retains its destructive vigor.”
