2018 · drama · supernatural · music
The Happy Prince
Directed by Rupert Everett1h 41m2018
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.
Our read: The Happy Prince (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · supernatural · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / supernatural, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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- bleak
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