MONDAY June 26th, 2017 *** Orlando *** directed by Sally Potter ** starring Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp

Last week we enjoyed the dramatic film “The Man Who Cried” by Sally Potter. This week we will explore together another one of her great films “Orlando.”

In 1600, nobleman Orlando (Tilda Swinton) inherits his parents’ house, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp), who commands the young man to never change. After a disastrous affair with Russian princess Sasha (Charlotte Valandrey), Orlando looks for solace in the arts before being appointed ambassador to Constantinople in 1700, where war is raging. One morning, Orlando is shocked to wake up as a woman and returns home, struggling as a female to retain her property as the centuries roll by.