World Without End (2012-2012)
World Without End (2012) is a historical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and based on the novel of the same name by Ken Follett. The movie follows the story of a group of people living in a small English town during the 14th century. It is a time of great upheaval and change, with the Black Death ravaging the land and the Church exerting its power over the people.
The movie contains several sexual moments that are integral to the story. One of the main characters, Caris (Charlotte Riley), is a young woman who is determined to make her own way in the world despite the restrictions placed on her by her society. She is a strong-willed and independent woman who is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in. This is demonstrated in a scene where she refuses to marry a man she does not love, even though it would mean a better life for her.
Another sexual moment in the movie is when Caris and her lover, Merthin (Tom Weston-Jones), share a passionate kiss in the rain. This is a powerful moment that shows the strength of their love and the lengths they are willing to go to be together.
The movie also contains a scene where a group of men rape a young woman. This scene is particularly disturbing and serves as a reminder of the dangers women faced in this time period.
Overall, World Without End (2012) is a powerful and moving film that contains several sexual moments that are integral to the story. These moments serve to highlight the struggles of the characters and the harsh realities of life in the 14th century.
World Without End contains some male and female nudity (plenty of male chests, very few male backsides, rare female breasts), some scenes of sexual intercourse with some movement and moaning (some with a little nudity), many scenes of sexual abuse/rape. Incest, homosexuality, flirting, and sexual references are all present. The sexual situations are plentiful but not strong in nature (with the exception of the rape ones), and the nudity is overall mild and not graphic. Many of the scenes in this section are certainly more irksome than sensual.
Themes such as marriage, infidelity, and having children are involved. Several women are forced to marry men they do not love and who mistreat them.
Some kissing throughout.
A girl is raped by her husband. He roughly grabs her, slams her on the table, and starts thrusting from behind, all while she says "no" and cries (no nudity is seen).
A young woman is raped by a young man while another man holds her down and laughs. There is no nudity, but we see him thrusting above her while she cries and says "no". Afterwards she is found crying, terrorized, and bruised, with messy clothes. Later on a man says she was examined and was found to be "torn and bruised".
A young man has a sexual interest on his female cousin. His mother makes a reference to him always wanting to take a bath with his cousin when they were little. In one scene, the young man enters her bedroom as his cousin is sleeping, opens her shirt and touches her breast, visibly excited (in the uncensored version, nipple is visible); she wakes up and he leaves. In another scene, he is seen sniffing on a dress, belonging to his cousin, while lying naked in bed (his butt is not seen). In another scene, he masturbates in front of his cousin. Both are fully clothed and no detail is seen, we only hear mild noises of him stroking his penis while moaning. When he climaxes, she makes a remark about how quick he was.
A man sexually molests his daughter twice. He gropes her breasts and tries to have sex with her, telling her "camon, it's only a hump". We never see him succeed, but it is mentioned that he did rape her in the past while being drunk.
A man and a young woman have sex in the fields. They kiss plenty and start removing/opening up their clothes. The scene ends (no nudity or intercourse is seen). Afterwards we see them lying together, partially unclothed (the man's upper buttocks are seen).
A girl and a young man make love in bed while kissing passionately. Little moaning and mild movement. No graphic nudity, only her legs and his back are shown.
A man enters a man's bedroom and discloses a young girl hiding behind the bed's curtain, revealing that he knew about their affair. The young girl is naked but covering herself with the sheets (we only see her legs). It is implied they were having sex.
Two churchmen have a homosexual relationship, romantic in tone. They are heard talking smoothly in a bedroom, and very briefly seen lying in bed together; they are naked but covered by the sheets, only their bare backs and chests are seen. In one previous scene their relationship was vaguely implied, as one of them suspiciously enters the other man's bedroom. In one later scene one confesses his love to the other.
A nun softly kisses another nun, who is unwilling at first, but then responds to her kiss. It is unknown if they go further than the kissing we see.
A man is about to have sex with his wife; we see him removing his shirt and telling her wife that he wants her, but that does not happen.
A young woman is seen in a bathtub. No nudity.
Three young women are briefly seen while cleaning themselves nearby a lake. No nudity is seen apart from their legs.
A man forcefully gropes a woman's breasts while inspectioning her body (her bare breasts are partially seen).
A man assaults a young woman, trying to rape her. She defends herself and he is taken away by force.
A young man threatens to rape a little girl, forcing her mother to marry him.
A young man makes a reference about his penis being big and puts a girl's hand on his crotch (they are both fully clothed, the scene happens in public). Later on the same girl jokingly tells her friends that "there was nothing that big".
A mother asks his son if he still masturbates.
A man sells his daughter to a stranger for a cow. Her new husband runs after her yelling "you are my wife now" (he does not catch her).
A young woman has sex with a young man in order to obtain something. She enters his bedroom and wakes him up; he gets out of the bed, and his fully naked body can be partially seen (mostly his back and chest, the pube area is obscured). He tells her to strip down and she begins to do so (no nudity is seen). The scene ends, implying they had sex. Later on, the woman has two children: one is of her husband's, the other is of the afore mentioned man.
A man and a young girl have sex in a church. They are seen standing and thrusting (no nudity except the girl's legs and thighs). The scene is brief. The girl is cheating on her husband, and is later said to be pregnant.
A man starts to grope and undress a girl, who is his cousin, in order to examinate her, but is stopped. No nudity.