Overview
A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.
Director: Derek Jarman
Cast
Tilda Swinton
Madonna/Voice Overs
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Johnny Mills
Lover
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Philip MacDonald
Joseph
Pete Lee-Wilson
Devil
Spencer Leigh
Mary Magdalene / Adam
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Jody Graber
Young Boy
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Roger Cook
Christ
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Kevin Collins
Lover
Dawn Archibald
Nature Spirit
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Milo Bell
Cast Member
