Movie: The Libertine

Year: 2004

Also Known As: El libertino

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Genres: Drama

Cast: Johnny Depp, Paul Ritter, John Malkovich, Stanley Townsend, Francesca Annis, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Johnny Vegas, Richard Coyle, Tom Burke…

Plot: In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, science and sexual intercourse flourish. Thirteen years later, in the middle of political and economical problems, Charles II asks the return of his friend John Wilmot, aka the second Earl of Rochester, from the exile to London. John is a morally corrupt, drunkard and sexually active cynical poet, and the King asks him to prepare a play for the French ambassador to make him pleased. John meets the aspirant actress Elizabeth Barry in the playhouse and decides to make her a great star. He falls in love for her, and she becomes his mistress; during the presentation to the Frenchman, he falls in disgrace in the court. When he was thirty-three years old, he was dying of syphilis associated to alcoholism and he converted to a religious man.

Rated: 6.4/10 from 20,215 votes on IMDb

Release Date: 10 March 2006 (USA)

Runtime: 114

Tagline: He didn't resist temptation. He pursued it.

Countries: UK, Australia

Directors: Laurence Dunmore

Writers: Stephen Jeffreys, Stephen Jeffreys

Budget: N/A

Languages: English

Location: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK