“He didn't resist temptation. He pursued it.”
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Johnny Depp
Rochester
Samantha Morton
Elizabeth Barry
John Malkovich
Charles II
Rosamund Pike
Elizabeth Malet
Paul Ritter
Chiffinch
Stanley Townsend
Keown
Francesca Annis
Countess
Tom Hollander
Etherege
Johnny Vegas
Sackville
Richard Coyle
Alcock
Tom Burke
Vaughan
Hugh Sachs
Ratcliffe
Sex and Breakfast
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Personal Effects
Try Seventeen
This Girl's Life
The Great Muppet Caper
Life in a Year
Moulin Rouge!
When Nietzsche Wept
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Jude
Great Expectations
London Bridge
Happy Endings
Bathory: Countess of Blood
Amour Fou
Breathe
The Yellow Handkerchief
The History of Love
The Portrait of a Lady