Writers: Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman
Stars: Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James, Neil Kennedy
Sebastiane submersed
me in a piece of history that is seldom explored. Set in an Italian desert
outpost in 303AD, we view the lives of a group of soldiers that are isolated from
the world. With no women, no real form of entertainment, and all the time in
the world, they become very close and engage in homo-erotic acts. In the heart
of the story is Sebastiane, a
Christian man who has a strange sadomasochistic relationship with the captain
of the group. While it all seems like “sex sex sex!” I found it to be much more
than that. It’s an entertaining, enlightening, and entirely believable period
drama that revolves around the world of homosexuals, bisexuals, and sexually
frustrated straight men. Matthew Lotti of Cinematic Threads called it "More or less a Playgirl calendar with a period theme." I could not disagree with him more.
