

Orlando
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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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
2- F5/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
9/29/2022
**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…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/21/2022
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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