Directed by
Rupert Everett
Produced by
Sébastien Delloye, Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze
Written by
Rupert Everett
Featuring
Rupert Everett, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson
2018 | English/French/Italian | Germany/Belgium/Italy
In the final three years of his life (1897-1900), Oscar Wilde finds himself adrift. Coming off the heels of his trial for indecency and subsequent imprisonment, Wilde lives out his last days in exile, moving between a small group of enduring friends (Colin Firth, Edwin Thomas) under assumed names and torn between whether to go back to his ex-lover (Colin Morgan) or estranged wife (Emily Watson). Written, directed by, and starring Rupert Everett as the ailing Wilde, THE HAPPY PRINCE is at once a moving evocation of the literary genius’s final act and a stirring paean to the brilliant wit that endured to his last moments.
