Reading Gaol (S)
2019 · Movie · 14 min. · United Kingdom
Based on Oscar Wilde's "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", Reading Gaol focuses on Oscar Wilde's time in prison after being convicted of "gross indecency" for his relationship with lover Alfred Douglas. As his body and spirit break under the cruelty of prison life, and the people closest to him grow further apart, he only finds refuge in his writing.
Direction Aymeric Nicolet
Cast Paul Dewdney · Roger Bingham · Sam Rose · Róisín Monaghan · Meg Mundy · Tony Goodall · Daniel Lestuzzi · Tom Ende · Darren Payne · Paul Macklin · Ben Domanski · Hattie Duxbury · James Lewis-Knight · Janey Bailey · Pete Cuffe · John Ellis Fox · Paul Byron
Soundtrack Katie Phillips
Screenplay Aymeric Nicolet · Oscar Wilde
Cinematography Mahesh Ramakrishna
Original title Reading Gaol (S)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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