An Englishman in New York (2009)

Directed by

Richard Laxton

Genre

drama film, biographical film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the later years of Quentin Crisp, an openly gay English writer who moves to New York City. It shows his quiet daily life, his sharp wit, and his unlikely friendship with a younger man.

observationalbittersweetgentlewistfulunderstatedpoignantwarm

What happens

An Englishman in New York is a 2009 biographical film that chronicles the years gay English writer Quentin Crisp spent in New York City, starring John Hurt reprising his role as Crisp from The Naked Civil Servant (1975). The film takes its title from "Englishman in New York", a song about Crisp written by Sting for the 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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