Film

Sebastiane

Name: Sebastiane
Director: Derek Jarman
Released: 1976
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James, Neil Kennedy, Richard Warwick, Donald Dunham

1976 · 86 min · ★ 6.8 · Dir. Derek Jarman

A film by Derek Jarman

Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian becomes the target of lust for the officer Severus, but repeatedly rejects the man's advances. Castigated for his Christian faith, he is tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed.