Based on Christopher Marlowes homoerotic, sexually-charged play, this is a radically relevant work for our times. Based on the life story of the gay King of England, Edward II, and his love affair with Piers Gaveston, this film is replete with positive portrayals of queer sex, profanity, ACT-UP activists and contemporary costumes. Brilliant, daring an innovative, Edward II is contemporary filmmaking at its finest, and one of the best examples of modern queer cinema.