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Terence Davies prepara Benediction con Jack Lowden

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- La productora británica EMU Films pone en pie el biopic del veterano cineasta sobre Siegfried Sassoon, uno de los poetas más importantes de su país durante la I Guerra Mundial

Terence Davies prepara Benediction con Jack Lowden
El actor Jack Lowden

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Jack Lowden (Dunkirk [+lee también:
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, Mary Queen of Scots [+lee también:
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) will play World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon in Terence Davies’ upcoming biographical film Benediction [+lee también:
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. Often considered one of Britain’s best living directors, this movie marks Davies’ return to filmmaking following a productive spell where he premiered Sunset Song [+lee también:
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at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and A Quiet Passion [+lee también:
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at the 2016 Berlinale soon after.

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His second biopic of a leading poet, after A Quiet Passion’s portrayal of Emily Dickinson, Benediction will detail Sassoon’s rise to acclaim for his unsparing, often satirical descriptions of trench warfare. After serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers, where he was known as “Mad Jack” on account of his suicidal feats of bravery, he spoke out against the war and narrowly escaped being court-martialled.

Lowden was “captivated” by the script and said, “Sassoon had this huge life, and Terence has got it all down.” The film will also recount his closeted post-war life, when being gay was still a criminal offence in Britain. He had an affair with composer and actor Ivor Novello, and later married and converted to Roman Catholicism. According to Davies, “He knew everybody – in the 20th century, there isn’t a single person you can name that he didn’t meet, and it’s quite extraordinary.”

Lowden himself has been nominated for the EE Rising Star Award at the impending BAFTAs. The long-gestating film will be produced by Michael Elliott, of EMU Films (Dirty God [+lee también:
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and Steve McQueen’s upcoming BBC series Small Axe), with principal photography due to begin this spring.

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