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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 · Malick’s response is metaphysical, Nance’s is interpersonal, and Davies’s is the most radical of all: it’s cultural. Davies’s new film, “Benediction,” which opens Friday, is an ...
Benediction: Directed by Terence Davies. With Jack Lowden, Thom Ashley, Orlando Jopling, Christopher Naylor. Legendary 20th century English war poet Siegfried Sassoon embarks on a life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships. True salvation can only come from within.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Terence Davies
- 2021-12-23
Jun 3, 2022 · English filmmaker Terence Davies, from painting working-class portraits to sketching urbane artistic figures like Emily Dickinson, has long been public about his discomfort with being gay and...
- Ryan Lattanzio
May 23, 2022 · As is explored in Benediction, Sassoon had romances with men such as Ivor Novello before he decided to marry a woman. Davies is 76-years-old – as a gay man who came of age when homosexuality was still criminalised in the UK, he felt a powerful connection with Sassoon.
BENEDICTION Director: Terence Davies Intèrprets: Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Kate Phillips, Jeremy Irvine, Julian Sands, Gemma Jones Regne Unit, 2021 D'A 2022 http://www.dafilmfestival.com.
Jun 3, 2022 · Including his masterpiece, “The Long Day Closes,” Terence Davies has made deeply personal, sometimes autobiographical films. I suspect he finds some kinship with Sassoon, a fellow artist who, at least in this film, is ultimately an older man still figuring out if his art ever mattered.
