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17 Sep

11:15

Eye Filmmuseum

IJpromenade 1, Amsterdam

A film adaptation of E.M. Forster’s classic tale of forbidden male love in 1914, starring Hugh Grant and James Wilby.

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:15

Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:00

Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam

Maurice

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A Tale of Forbidden Love

Maurice evokes the stultifying conformity of English society on the eve of World War I. Cambridge students Maurice Hall (James Wilby) and Clive Durham (Hugh Grant) fall in love. As homosexuality is illegal in post-Victorian England they have to keep their feelings for one another entirely secret. After all, poet, dandy and celebrity Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years in prison for his interactions with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1895. After a friend is arrested for homosexuality, Clive leaves his forbidden love and marries a woman.

Part of Eye Classics

Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.