Orlando begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I as a man, and completes the search 400 years later as a woman. This journey takes Orlando across the frozen river Thames in pursuit of a Russian princess, into Central Asia (where he changes sex), through the experience of romantic love – and loss – in the Victorian age and then motherhood (and war) in the twentieth century – before finally arriving in the present moment.

On her deathbed, Queen Elizabeth I begs her favourite, Orlando, to remain forever young. Never ageing, the androgynous young man journeys through the ages, constantly shifting between genders and discovering love in its many forms.

1992 / UK, FRANCE / 94’ / NEW 4K