Sally PotterCast
Tilda Swinton Billy Zane Quentin Crisp Jimmy Somerville John Bott Elaine Banham
Plot
Based on Virginia Woolf's novel, a young nobleman who is granted eternal youth by Queen Elizabeth I lives for four centuries, changing sex halfway, in a witty, visually sumptuous film with Tilda Swinton.
Sinekatalog’s take
A witty, sumptuous and ground-breaking adaptation.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (21,422 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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