Seneca’s foster son, the Emperor Nero, grows weary of his mentor and orders him to kill himself. Seneca complies but his death is agonisingly slow. Cue John Malkovich in the role of the great philosopher in uproar, railing against tyranny. Bliss! Seneca’s foster son, the Emperor Nero, grows weary of his mentor and orders him to kill himself. Seneca complies but his death is agonisingly slow. Cue John Malkovich in the role of the great philosopher in uproar, railing against tyranny. Bliss!
