A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.
Tilda Swinton
Johnny Mills
Philip MacDonald
Pete Lee-Wilson
Spencer Leigh
Jody Graber
Roger Cook
Kevin Collins
Dawn Archibald
Milo Bell
Vernon Dobtcheff
Michael Gough
Maribelle La Manchega
Jessica Martin
Jack Birkett
Leslie Randall
Mike Tezcan
Matthew Wilde
Stephen McBride
Yolande Brener
Derek Jarman