Boudica (2003)

Actors: Emily Blunt (actress), Dominic Cooper (actor), Gary Lewis (actor), Christopher Landry (producer), Jack Shepherd (actor), Andrei Boncea (producer), Andrew Davies (writer), Anya Noakes (miscellaneous crew), Frances Barber (actress), Ion Haiduc (actor), Michael Feast (actor), Alex Kingston (actress), Andra Barbuica (miscellaneous crew), Emil Hostina (actor), Steven Waddington (actor),

Plot: It's the first century, and Rome rules the world. After her husband's death, it's left to Boudica -fierce Iceni warrior, wife of a king, and proud mother of two daughters- to unite the fractious tribes of Briton and stand against the oppressive Roman Empire.

Keywords: battle, betrayal, celt, dysfunctional-family, female-nudity, guerilla-warfare, iceni, incest, mother-daughter-relationship, mother-son-incest
Genres: Action, Drama, History, War,

Cleopatra (1999)

Actors: Billy Zane (actor), Rupert Graves (actor), Ray Donn (actor), Sean Pertwee (actor), Nadim Sawalha (actor), David Schofield (actor), João Costa Menezes (actor), James Cosmo (actor), Bruce Payne (actor), Timothy Dalton (actor), Ralph Brown (actor), Art Malik (actor), Omid Djalili (actor), Robert Halmi Jr. (producer), Leonor Varela (actress),

Plot: Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor. The out-of-wedlock son of Cleopatra is seen to be a threat to his future leadership. Thus Brutus and other Roman legislators plot the assassination of Caesar. Caesar's loyal general, Marc Antony, and Octavian then divide up the Roman empire. Antony takes Egypt and soon takes up the affair with Cleopatra. However, Octavian soon launches an attack on Antony and ultimately defeats and mortally wounds him. Rather than permitting herself to be humiliated by Octavian, Cleopatra sends her son away to India and she commits suicide by permitting the deadly asp to bite her.

Keywords: 1st-century-b.c., adultery, ambush, ancient-egypt, ancient-rome, assassination, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-novel
Genres: Biography, Drama,
Taglines: Passion. Power. History. Passion. Power. Betrayal.

Quotes:

[Final lines]::Octavian: You have won, Cleopatra. You have won!

Marcus Brutus: Octavian, join us! Aid us in destroying this tyrant!::Octavian: No, I could never betray Caesar...::[Short pause]::Octavian: But I won't stop you either.

Cleopatra: Divorce your wife! Marry me and name Caesarion your one true heir!::Julius Caesar: No! Caesarion is my son. Octavian is my heir.

[On Caesarion]::Marc Antony: [to Octavian] Looks like you have competition.::Octavian: I don't think so. Caesar will never name him his heir.::Marc Antony: You know the future?::Octavian: I know my uncle.