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BENEDICTION

by Terence Davies

synopsis

Siegfried Sassoon was a complex man who survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery but who became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. His poetry was inspired by his experiences on the Western Front and he became one of the leading war poets of the era. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality. At the same time, broken by the horror of war, he made his life's journey a quest for salvation, trying to find it within the conformity of marriage and religion. His story is one of a troubled man in a fractured world searching for peace and self acceptance, something which speaks as meaningfully to the modern world as it did then.

international title: Benediction
original title: Benediction
country: United Kingdom
sales agent: Bankside Films
year: 2021
genre: fiction
directed by: Terence Davies
film run: 137'
screenplay: Terence Davies
cast: Gemma Jones, Kate Phillips, Ben Daniels, Geraldine James, Peter Capaldi, Jeremy Irvine, Jack Lowden, Anton Lesser, Lia Williams, Kellie Shirley
cinematography by: Nicola Daley
film editing: Alex Mackie
art director: Andy Harris
costumes designer: Annie Symons
producer: Michael Elliott
co-producer: Deborah Aston
executive producer: Paul Ashton, Margarethe Baillou, Lizzie Francke, Rose Garnett, Peter Hampden, Jack Lowden, Norman Merry, Walli Ullah
production: Emu Films, M.Y.R.A. Entertainment Europe

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