New Crossdressing Lady Doctor Movie!
Keep an eye out for this new feature from one of our favorite filmmakers, Marleen Gorris (Antonia’s Line, Mrs. Dalloway)! Here’s the (condensed) description from the production company website:
Heaven and Earth is set in South Africa in 1825. The Africans are on the brink of rebellion and the Boers are being pushed to the interior. The Governor is dealing with political drama. And the whole colony is talking about the brilliant army surgeon, Dr James Miranda Barry. In his early 20′s, Barry already has a reputation as a doctor at the head of his profession, pioneering new treatments and better healthcare. But there is another side to the doctor – he is harbouring a secret that goes to the very core of his identity. Somerset finds himself increasingly drawn to the handsome young man with his quick and incisive mind. This attraction is fought by both men at a time when a homosexual liaison can mean execution, until one night Somerset makes a life-changing discovery – Dr James Miranda Barry is a woman! Nothing can now hold back their passionate love affair, except the threat of discovery. For Barry it will mean an end to her career because women are not allowed to enter the professions, but despite the dangers they cannot keep apart. Finally Somerset and Barry are publicly accused of ‘unnatural practises’. They could save themselves by admitting that their love affair is in fact heterosexual. However, Barry will not risk her career, and Somerset honours her silence and pays the price, returning to England in disgrace. Barry is banished to the remote leper colony at Hemel en Aarde (Heaven and Earth) where she attempts to put together her shattered life. Then, word comes from Somerset that he wants to be reunited. She decides that she will try to find fulfilment with the man she loves, and sets sail for England. Yet, her time with Somerset is cut short by his sudden tragic death. Dr James Miranda Barry puts on her army uniform once more and rejoins the military. It is only on her death in 1865 that the famous doctor is revealed to be a woman.
Natacha McElhone stars as Barry, alongside James Purefoy (who played Mark Antony in the Rome TV series).
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