Sebastiane (1976)
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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 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 film to have required English subtitles, and it is an early film by the noted experimental and outspokenly homosexual director Derek Jarman, who died in 1994. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman
- 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
- Studio
- Libra Films International
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A one of a kind film.
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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
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S. James Wegg, JWR
The Passion of the Flesh
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Nick Davis, Nick's Flick Picks
An out-and-proud Spartacus and a pre-AIDS Beau travail, all in one.
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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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Cast
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Leonardo Treviglio
as Sebastian
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Barney James
as Severus
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Neil Kennedy
as Maximilium
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Richard Warwick
as Justin
- Lindsay Kemp
- Richard James
- Donald Dunham
- Daevid Finbar
- Janusz Romanov
- Ken Hicks
- Steffano Massari