“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
Synonymous With
Desiring Julia
A Touch of Love
Piccadilly Jim
Le salamandre
The Edge of Love
Restoration
On the Edge
A Journal for Jordan
The Man from Elysian Fields
Stella Does Tricks
Sex Life in a Convent
The Castro's Abbess
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Jude
Little Ashes
Total Eclipse
London
The Panic in Needle Park