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Benediction is a 2021 biographical romantic drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. It stars Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi as the war poet Siegfried Sassoon , along with Simon Russell Beale , Jeremy Irvine , Kate Phillips , Gemma Jones , and Ben Daniels .
May 31, 2022 · Davies’s new film, “Benediction,” which opens Friday, is an inside-out bio-pic of the British poet Siegfried Sassoon; it follows many of the familiar contours of the genre, but, above all ...
May 17, 2022 · Following A Quiet Passion (2016), his intensely interior film about Emily Dickinson, Benediction is Terence Davies’ second consecutive portrait of a poet: in this case, Siegfried Sassoon, who was born in 1886 – coincidentally, the year of Dickinson’s death.
Sep 13, 2021 · ‘Benediction’ Review: Terence Davies’ Siegfried Sassoon Biopic Is a Wounded Portrait of Poetry and Self-Loathing. Davies follows his Emily Dickinson biopic "A Quiet Passion" with another...
May 20, 2022 · Benediction movie review: Jack Lowden shines in Terence Davies’ unflattering light as Siegfried Sassoon. Terence Davies’ mercurial portrait of the WWI poet is, at times, ferociously good....
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Sep 13, 2021 · Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi play WWI English poet Siegfried Sassoon in his younger years and old age in 'Benediction,' a melancholy bio-drama.
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Feb 11, 2022 · After a flurry of films with 2011’s The Deep Blue Sea, 2015’s Sunset Song, and 2016’s A Quiet Passion, British director Terence Davies is finally back this year with Benediction. Capturing the life of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon, starring Jack Lowden, he was known for his epic, satirical poems detailing trench warfare and the ...
