Maurice
James Ivory / GB, 1987 / 141 min.
Hugh Grant and James Wilby play the leads in this film version of E.M. Forster’s tale of forbidden male love in 1914. It wasn’t until 1970 that the book could be published. Both of the leads picked up awards in Venice.
Maurice evokes the stultifying conformity of English society on the even of World War I. Cambridge students Maurice Hall (James Wilby) and Clive Durham (Hugh Grant) fall in love. As homosexuality is illegal in post-Victorian England they have to keep their feelings for one another entirely secret. After all, poet, dandy and celebrity Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years in prison for his interactions with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1895. After a friend is arrested for homosexuality, Clive leaves his forbidden love and marries a woman.
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Director
James Ivory
Production year
1987
Country
GB
Original title
Maurice
Length
141 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.
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