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Orlando

7.0(412)19921h 34m3

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

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Status
Released
Budget
$4M
Box office
$5.4M
Language
English
  • london, england
  • based on novel or book
  • queen elizabeth i
  • breaking the fourth wall
  • androgyny
  • woman director
  • nobleman
  • women's rights
  • ottoman empire
  • complex

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Behind the camera

Director

Sally Potter

Produced in

France, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York New Directors and New Films Festival19 Mar 1993
    • TheatricalPG-139 Jun 1993
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG12 Mar 1993
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG1 Jul 1993
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival16 Sept 1992
  • AustriaAT

    • Digital / OTT1223 Oct 2009
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)15+24 Feb 1997
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1511 Dec 1992
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-719 Mar 1993
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU27 Jan 1993
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1228 Jan 1993
  • GreeceGR

    • Premiere33rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival12 Nov 1992
    • PhysicalDVD22 Jul 2003
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice Film Festival1 Sept 1992
    • TheatricalT11 Dec 1992

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Orlando was released on 11 December 1992.

Audience reviews

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  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    9/29/2022

    5/10

    **Based on a somewhat controversial novel, it tackles gender issues and other deep subjects quite well.** “Orlando” is perhaps one of the most interesting and controversial novels by the equally controversial Virginia Woolf. The details of this writer's life are known: the sexual abuse she suffered in childhood, the depressive crises, the existential doubts she experienced all her life, her bisexuality. And “Orlan…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    10/21/2022

    7/10

    Tilda Swinton is superb in this story of the eponymous Tudor noble who obeys a command from the enamoured Queen Elizabeth (Quentin Crisp) and refuses to grow old. The film now follows the adventures, loves and ultimately depicts how the character adapts - quite literally - as England becomes Britain and eventually he becomes free! The experiences as an ambassador in the middle east, the determination to retain the fa…

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