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Sebastiane (1976)

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Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 5
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1976 Wide

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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 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

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Special Interest

Directed By: Paul Humfress. Derek Jarman , Derek Jarman

Written By: Paul Humfress. Derek Jarman

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1976 Wide

On DVD: Mar 8, 2005

Libra Films International

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

April 1, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

The Passion of the Flesh

February 7, 2007 Full Review Source: JWR

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S. James Wegg

JWR

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

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Nick Davis

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

June 4, 2003 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com

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Jeremy Heilman

MovieMartyr.com

St. Sebastian, as reimagined in Derek Jarman's wildly homoerotic imagination.

May 22, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Phil Hall

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[center][/center][center] [/center][center]I believe that Sebastiane[color=palegreen] is probably one of the only 'Rated X' films that I've seen that I'd review here on RT. Directed by the gay-rights activist [/color]Derek Jarman, Sebastiane is the story of Saint Sebastiane - whom I believe is the patron saint of

February 17, 2006