Sebastiane

Sebastiane
Promotional poster
Directed byDerek Jarman
Paul Humfress
Written byDerek Jarman
Paul Humfress
James Whaley
Produced byHoward Malin
James Whaley
StarringLeonardo Treviglio [it]
Barney James
Richard Warwick
Neil Kennedy
CinematographyPeter Middleton
Edited byPaul Humfress
Music byBrian Eno
Andrew Thomas Wilson
Distributed byCinegate
Release date
  • 15 December 1976 (1976-12-15)
Running time
85 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageLatin

Sebastiane is a 1976 Latin-language British historical film directed by Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress and written by Jarman, Humfress and James Whaley. It portrays the events of the life of Saint Sebastian, including his iconic martyrdom by arrows. The film, which was aimed at a gay audience, was controversial for the homoeroticism portrayed between the soldiers and for having dialogue entirely in Latin.

  1. ^ "SEBASTIANE (X)". British Board of Film Classification. 13 September 1976. Retrieved 27 December 2014.