With The Libertine, director Laurence Dunmore has faithfully committed to film one of the most colorful men in history, John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester [Johnny Depp]. The film follows the Earl's adventures in London, from his passionate romance with a young actress, Elizabeth Barry [Samantha Morton], to the writing of a scurrilous play which blisteringly and bawdily lampoons the very monarch who commissioned it, Charles II [John Malkovich], leading to the Earl's banishment and eventual downfall.
courtneyriot
STAFF
Los Angeles, CA
JAN 05, 2006 06:00 AM