Stripped of rank and exiled to a remote Sardinian outpost, a Roman soldier and suspected Christian named Sebastian becomes the object of his commanding officer’s aggressive desire.

Humfress and Jarman’s sado-erotic retelling of the agonies and martyrdom of Sebastian is Queer Cinema at its most poetic and ravishing. Set in the golden-hued wilds of Sardinia and performed entirely in vulgar Latin by a sun-kissed, all-male cast, the film heralded newcomer Derek Jarman as a savior of British independent cinema. "Sebastiane was, for so many, nothing short of a miracle,” Tilda Swinton would recall. Preserved by the BFI in a new 2K digital restoration.