The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.
Directed by Derek Jarman
User score
48 votes
Released
August 23, 1987
1h 27m
English
Tilda Swinton
The Maid
Spencer Leigh
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'Spring' Mark Adley
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Gerrard McArthur
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Jonny Phillips
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Gay Gaynor
Matthew Hawkins
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Nigel Terry
Narrator (voice)
Derek Jarman
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