original title:
The Happy Prince
directed by:
cast:
Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Tom Wilkinson, Béatrice Dalle, Franca Abategiovanni, Anna Chancellor, John Standing, Julian Wadham, Antonio Spagnuolo
screenplay:
cinematography:
John Conroy
editing:
Nicolas Gaster
set design:
Brian Morris
costume design:
music:
production:
Maze Pictures, Entre Chien et Loup, Palomar, in association with BBC Films, Beta Cinema, Lionsgate UK, Concorde Filmverleih, Raindog Films, Movie Management Corporation, Zielke GmbH, Daryl Prince Productions, Strat et Go International, co-produced by cine plus Filmproduktion, Tele München Group, Radio Television Belge Francophone, Proximus, with the support of Eurimages
distribution:
Vision Distribution [Italy], United International Pictures [Argentina], Vendetta Films [Australia], September Film [Belgium], Sony Pictures [Brazil], Sony Pictures [Canada], Andes Film [Chile], Sony Pictures Classics [Ecuador], Océan Films Distribution [France], Leonine - Concorde [Germany], Leonine - Concorde [Germany], Ama Films [Greece], Filmtrade [Greece], Sony Pictures [Mexico], September Film [Netherlands], Vendetta Films [New Zealand], Lighthouse [Singapore], Golden Village [Singapore], Main Title Pictures [South Korea], Alfa Pictures [Spain], Frenetic Films [Switzerland], Proview Entertainment [Taiwan], Baska Sinema [Turkey], Lionsgate [United Kingdom], Sony Pictures Classics [United States], Cinematográfica Blancica [Venezuela]
world sales:
country:
Germany/Belgium/Italy/UK
year:
2017
film run:
105'
format:
colour
release date:
12/04/2018
festivals & awards:
THE HAPPY PRINCE is about the last days in the life of Oscar Wilde – a celebrity, a genius, an icon, even a national treasure – now in the midst of the Public meltdown. We look at the excessive quadrangular love story he is trapped in. Everyone wants Oscar – Constance, Robbie and Bosie. The result is that freedom eludes him. The once hailed writer observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the car crash of his life with detachment and humor. The film is a comedy with tragic undertones in the tradition of the best of English tragedies.