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Orlando (1992)

PG-13 ★ 6.9/10 94 min Drama, Fantasy France, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, United Kingdom English
Director: Sally Potter
Novel: Virginia Woolf
Screenplay by: Sally Potter
Story Editor: Walter Donohue
Streaming: Not available

Description

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

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Top Cast

Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton Orlando
Billy Zane
Billy Zane Shelmerdine
Lothaire Bluteau
Lothaire Bluteau The Khan
John Wood
John Wood Archduke Harry
Charlotte Valandrey
Charlotte Valandrey Sasha
Heathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams Nick Greene / Publisher
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp Queen Elizabeth I
Peter Eyre
Peter Eyre Mr. Pope

Orlando Appears on 10 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #461
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #165

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Films Directed by Women
BBC #19
Rolling Stone - 100 Greatest 90S Films
Rolling Stone #95
Slate Magazines The 75 Greatest LGBT Films
Slate Magazine #34
The Atlantic 30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything
The Atlantic #17
The Telegraphs 100 Best British Films
The Telegraph #61

Identity Theme

100 Best Movies Directed By Women Indiewire
IndieWire #72
Your Queer Film Watchlist
British Film Institute #128

Temporal Era Sets

90 Great Films Of The 1990s
British Film Institute #25

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