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今年是英国同性恋除罪化的五十周年，BBC为庆祝纪念而推出了本片。改编于记者Peter Wildeblood事件，1954年的英国，同性恋仍然是法律禁止的行为，”同性恋清除活动”也在展开，Peter因与男性的恋爱关系被捕，在法庭上公开自己的同性恋身份而后入狱，出狱后发声抗争，是在沃尔芬登委员会面前作证的唯一公开同性恋者，1957年该委员会提出报告，建议不应再把同性恋作为犯罪，十年后英国修改了法律，成为英国同性恋权益进程的一大里程碑。除了讲述Peter Wildeblood的故事，本片最触动人的是穿插其中的真正经历过那个时代的同志老人们 展开全部

今年是英国同性恋除罪化的五十周年，BBC为庆祝纪念而推出了本片。改编于记者Peter Wildeblood事件，1954年的英国，同性恋仍然是法律禁止的行为，”同性恋清除活动”也在展开，Peter因与男性的恋爱关系被捕，在法庭上公开自己的同性恋身份而后入狱，出狱后发声抗争，是在沃尔芬登委员会面前作证的唯一公开同性恋者，1957年该委员会提出报告，建议不应再把同性恋作为犯罪，十年后英国修改了法律，成为英国同性恋权益进程的一大里程碑。除了讲述Peter Wildeblood的故事，本片最触动人的是穿插其中的真正经历过那个时代的同志老人们的采访，他们在那个年代是被仇恨和唾弃的群体，只能躲藏着惶惶不可终日，或被捕入狱接受电击和药物注射等极端”治疗”手段，而如今他们在采访时讲述他们的故事，最后笑着说出曾经被用来辱骂他们的字眼。　　Daniel Mays (Line Of Duty, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Public Enemies) stars in BBC Two's powerful factual drama as Peter Wildeblood, a thoughtful and private gay journalist whose lover Eddie McNally (played by newcomer to television, Richard Gadd), under pressure from the authorities, turned Queen's evidence against him in one of the most explosive court cases of the 1950s - the infamous Montagu Trial.　　More than ten years before the decriminalisation of homosexual acts in 1967, Peter Wildeblood, and his friends Lord Montagu (Mark Edel-Hunt) and Michael Pitt-Rivers, were found guilty of homosexual offences and jailed.　　With his career in tatters and his private life painfully exposed, Wildeblood began his sentence a broken man, but he emerged from Wormwood Scrubs a year later determined to do all he could to change the way these draconian laws against homosexuality impacted on the lives of men like him.　　Daniel says: 「I'm incredibly proud to be part of a drama that tells such an important real-life story. Peter Wildeblood is a fascinating, complex, yet flawed character from a time when being a gay man in Britain was incredibly difficult - I can't wait to bring his tale to life for the BBC Two audience.」　　Patrick Holland, Channel Editor, BBC Two, said: 「50 years ago, it was a crime to be a gay man in the UK. Against The Law is a stunning piece that melds drama and documentary testimony to tell the story of one man, and his wider generation, as they struggled to make society accept their sexuality as non-criminal. It is brilliant to have a film that brings the authorship of Brian Fillis, the vision of director Fergus O'Brien, and the outstanding talent of Daniel Mays and cast to this important subject」　　The drama also features Mark Gatiss (Taboo, Sherlock) as Wildeblood's prison psychiatrist, Doctor Landers and Charlie Creed-Miles (Ripper Street, Peaky Blinders) as Superintendent Jones.　　Woven through this powerful drama is real-life testimony from a chorus of men who lived through those dark days, when homosexuals were routinely imprisoned or forced to undergo chemical aversion therapy in an attempt to cure them of their "condition". There is also testimony from a retired police officer whose job it was to enforce these laws, and a former psychiatric nurse who administered the so-called cures. All of these accounts serve to amplify the themes of the drama and help to immerse us in the reality of a dark chapter in our recent past, a past still within the reach of living memory.更新时间:2017-09-16 14:38:01 收起全部