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Sebastiane

Sebastiane (1976)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (1,106 ratings)

Filmed entirely in vulgar Latin, this experimental film recounts the life of Sebastiane, a puritanical but beautiful Christian soldier in the Roman Imperial troops who is martyred when he refuses the homosexual advances of his pagan captain. When this film was released, it was the only English-made… More

Unrated,
Directed By
,
Written By
Paul Humfress. Derek Jarman
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Gay & Lesbian, Special Interest
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1976 Wide
On DVD
Mar 8, 2005
Libra Films International

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A one of a kind film.

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Derek Jarman looks at Sebastian and sees what Botticelli (and Perugino, Reni and Mishima) saw, the lambent space between spiritual and sexual longing

  • S. James Wegg, JWR

    The Passion of the Flesh

  • Nick Davis, Nick's Flick Picks

    An out-and-proud Spartacus and a pre-AIDS Beau travail, all in one.

  • Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com

    [It] treads an almost imperceptible line between using devout fidelity to ratify its source and using rampant infidelity to undermine it.

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