Dorian Gray (Dorian Gray)
Directed by: Oliver ParkerCast list: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Rebecca Hall, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Emilia Fox
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2009
Genres: Drama / Thriller / Fantasy /
Runtime: 112 min.
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The film is based on the Oscar Wilde novel of the same name. Dorian Gray returns to Victorian London, where he befriends the talented painter Basil Hallward and the corrupt Lord Henry Wotton. Basil paints Dorian's portrait and gives the beautiful painting to him while Henry corrupts his mind and soul by telling him that Dorian should seek pleasure in life. Dorian makes a deal with the devil, trading his soul to keep his beauty and youth, while his picture ages and displays the effects of his corrupt life. Dorian Gray travels abroad for many years and when he returns to London, his friends are aged while he is still the same. When Dorian meets Henry's daughter Emily Wotton, they fall in love and Dorian wants his life back.
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Subjects: English language / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature /
Topics: education in human values / human relations, psychology, sociology / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
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