THE HAPPY PRINCE

OSCAR WILDE

By Rupert EVERETT

WALLIMAGE SA - as FIN

Drama - Completed 2017

The story of the last days of Oscar Wilde in exile.
Starring Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson and Rupert Everett.

Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2018
Premieres
Berlin European Film Market (EFM) 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Rupert EVERETT
    • Producer(s)
    • Jörg SCHULZE (Cine Plus Filmproduktion), Sébastien DELLOYE (Entre Chien et Loup), Philipp KREUZER (Bavaria Media Italie), Robert FOX
    • Synopsis
    • The last days of Oscar Wilde—and the ghosts that haunted them—are vividly evoked in Rupert Everett's directorial debut, The Happy Prince. Everett gives a career-best performance as Wilde, physically and emotionally embodying the literary genius as he lives out his last days in exile in Europe. His body ailing and heavy, his mind spinning, he survives by falling back on the flamboyant irony and brilliant wit that defined him. As the film travels through Wilde's final act and journeys through England, France and Italy, desire and loyalty face off, the transience of lust is laid bare, and the true riches of love are revealed.