He didn't resist temptation. He pursued it.
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Director: Laurence Dunmore
Producer: Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith, John Malkovich
Screenplay: Stephen Jeffreys
Director of Photography: Alexander Melman
Rochester
Elizabeth Barry
Charles II
Elizabeth Malet
Chiffinch
Keown
Countess
Etherege
The Libertine (2004) Trailer