1895년 오스카 와일드(1854~1900)는 런던에서 가장 유명한 작가였고, 퀸즈베리 후작의 막내아들 보시 더글라슨은 그의 애인이었다. 퀸즈베리 사건이라는 유명한 재판에서 그는 '풍기문란 외설죄(동성애 비역죄)'로 기소되어 유죄판결 받아 2년 동안 투옥되어 고된 노동에 시달렸고, 출소 후 과거의 영광의 회상, 가난, 슬픔을 겪으며 영국을 떠나 프랑스에서 말년을 보낸다. 루퍼트 에버렛이 말년의 오스카 와일드를 감독, 연기하였으며 에버렛의 실제 절친한 친구인 콜린 퍼스와 에밀리 왓슨을 캐스팅해 영화의 재미를 더했다.
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.
C.S. Lewis's biographer A.N. Wilson goes in search of the man behind Narnia, a highly secretive man whose personal life was marked by the loss of the three women he most loved.
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.
Tells the story of the life and multifaceted heritage of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh , the founder of Azerbaijani drama, a great public figure, who left an indelible mark on the history of Azerbaijani and Middle Eastern literature . The film depicts three periods of the playwright's life - childhood, youth and old age.
Emmy Award-winning chronicle of the history of Orchard House, the home in Concord, Massachusetts where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set Little Women.
Short documentary on the screen depiction and public reception of fictional Chinese-American detective character Charlie Chan, as well as cultural perceptions of Asians during the 1920s and 1930s.
Historian Lucy Worsley visits the places and houses in England where Jane Austen spent time and which served as inspiration for the settings of her novels.