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Anchoress is a 1993 British drama film directed by Chris Newby. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. The screenplay is partly based on accounts of an historical female anchorite, Christine Carpenter, who was walled into her anchorhold in a village church in Shere, Surrey, in southern England, in 1329.
In 14th-century England, peasant girl Christine Carpenter is so attracted to a statue of the Virgin Mary that the local priest (who lusts after her) suggests that she be walled up in the church as an anchoress, a holy woman with the responsibility of blessings the villagers.
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- Drama
- Chris Newby
- 1995-05
Anchoress - watch online: streaming, buy or rent. You can buy "Anchoress" on Apple TV as download or rent it on BFI Player, Apple TV online. Synopsis. Enter the medieval world of Christine Carpenter, a visionary girl who is to become an Anchoress (walled-in recluse) so that she can "live in the Virgin's house forever."
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May 12, 1995 · Chris Newby's "Anchoress," a film set in the Middle Ages, plays slyly with that notion in its story of a young woman who chooses to be walled up for the rest of her life.
In 14th-century England, peasant girl Christine Carpenter is so attracted to a statue of the Virgin Mary that the local priest (who lusts after her) suggests that she be walled up in the church as an anchoress, a holy woman with the responsibility of blessings the villagers.
The story of Christine Carpenter, a 14 year old girl who has a vision of the Virgin Mary. In order to be close to her, Christine is enclosed in the wall of the village church, becoming an "Anchoress" who devotes her life to God. Show full synopsis.
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Sep 10, 2012 · In a medieval community, a peasant (Morse) becomes obsessed with the local chapel's statue of the Virgin, and, pronounced a holy anchoress, is walled up in the...
