Stewart Mackinnon

At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.

At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.

Stewart Mackinnon's avant-garde adaptation of Marquis de Sade's infamous erotic novel has been near impossible to see since 1976.