Lucretia (film)

Lucretia is a historical drama film based on the tragic Roman heroine, Lucretia. The film is set in the Ancient Rome Cinematic Universe (ARCU) and takes place in 510 BC, as Rome transitions from a kingdom to a republic.

The film stars... Like the rest of the ARCU, the film is mostly historically accurate, with some minor adjustments in order to make it cinematic.

Plot
Sextus Tarquin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), the son of the tyrannical King of Rome, Lucius Tarquin Superbus (Rupert Everett), arrives in Collatia on a military errand and is welcomed by his cousin, Lucius Tarquin Collatinus (Richard Madden). Sextus is introduced to Collatinus' wife, Lucretia (Lily James).

While Sextus, Collatinus, Lucius Junius Brutus (Raoul Bova), and Publius Valerius Publocola (Daniel Kaluuya), Lucretia converses with her friend, Bianca. During the night, Sextus rapes Lucretia.

This makes Collatinus, Brutus, and Publocola furious. Collatinus kills Sextus, and Brutus suggests a revolution to begin to overthrow King Tarquin Superbus, who unethically disposed the previous good king, Servius Tullius, the father of Brutus' wife, Vitellia (Pom Klementieff). They are visited by the Sibyl of Cumae (who has appeared in many ARCU films) and tell them that it is Brutus' destiny to overthrow tyrants.

The revolutionists overthrow the kingdom. Brutus kills Tarquin Superbus, and the Roman Republic is formed.

Cast

 * Lily James as Lucretia
 * Raoul Bova as Lucius Junius Brutus
 * Richard Madden as Lucius Tarquin Collatinus
 * Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Sextus Tarquin
 * Coco Jones as Bianca
 * Rupert Everett as Lucius Tarquin Superbus
 * Daniel Kaluuya as Publius Valerius Publocola
 * Pom Klementieff as Vitellia
 * Karin Konoval as The Sibyl of Cumae