Directed by:
Sally PotterScreenplay:
Sally PotterCinematography:
Aleksey RodionovCast:
Tilda Swinton, Toby Jones, Dudley Sutton, Toby Stephens, Viktor Stepanov, Heathcote Williams, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Billy Zane, Thom Hoffman (more)Plots(1)
A critical film in the history of British Cinema, Sally Potter's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's witty modernist novel took eight years to make it to the screen and is a meticulously crafted commentary on all things English as well as being a wonderfully romantic tale. Tilda Swinton stars as the eponymous hero who lives for 500 years and changes sex halfway. Granted a favour of immortality from Quentin Crisp's archetypal Queen Elizabeth I, Orlando proceeds to spend the next few centuries in search of love, life and adventure. (Transmission Films)
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John Grillo
UK
Best movies:
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Brazil (1985)
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Peter Eyre
USA
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Mary Macleod
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Orlando (1992)
Olivia Lancelot
Best movies:
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Kathryn Hunter
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Best movies:
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Sarah Crowden
UK
Best movies:
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Orlando (1992)
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