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Dorian Gray (15)

• Consumer Advice: Contains strong bloody violence, sex and drug use
• Run time: 1 hour 52 mins

• Genre: Drama
• Release date: 11th September 2009

• Starring: Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Emilia Fox
• Directed by: Oliver Parker

• Distributor: Momentum Theatrical

Plot Synopsis

Based on the classic novel by Oscar Wilde, DORIAN GRAY tells the story of a strikingly beautiful young man named Dorian (Ben Barnes - THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA).He arrives in Victorian London and is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wotton (Colin Firth - MAMMA MIA), who introduces Dorian to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. When a portrait of Dorian is unveiled, such is its beauty that he makes a pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture - even his soul.

DORIAN GRAY examines the destructive power of beauty, the blind pursuit of pleasure and the darkness that can result.