The Libertine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Australia

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (30408 Reviews)

Director:

Laurence Dunmore

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Johnny Depp Paul Ritter John Malkovich Stanley Townsend

Writer:

Stephen Jeffreys (screenplay)

Stephen Jeffreys (play)

Fullplot:

In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, science and sexual promiscuity flourish. Thirteen years later, in the midst of political and economical problems, Charles II asks for the return of his friend John Wilmot, aka the second Earl of Rochester, from exile back to London. John is a morally-corrupt drunkard and a sexually- active cynical poet. When the King asks John to prepare a play for the French ambassador so as to please him, John meets the aspiring actress Elizabeth Barry in the playhouse and decides to make her into a great star. He falls in love with her and she becomes his mistress. During the presentation to the Frenchman, he falls into disgrace with the court. When he was thirty-three years old and dying of syphilis and alcoholism, he converts to being a religious man.

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