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Benediction

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• Drama
• Romance

• 2021
• Terence Davies
• 137 mins
• 12A

Summary

Biographical drama starring Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi. Young British poet Siegfried Sassoon is decorated for his combat in the First World War, but while convalescing in 1917, he decides to take a stand against the conflict. After the war, he enjoys a career at the forefront of the country's literary scene while his personal life grows ever more turbulent. Later in life, a brooding Sassoon attempts to achieve salvation.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Calum Baker

This drama from Terence Davies turned out to be the great British director's swan song - but what a fitting way to bow out. It details the life of poet Siegfried Sassoon, played in different periods by Jack Lowden (Slow Horses) and Peter Capaldi. There's a lot to pack in, but Davies essays all the key details - including Sassoon's First World War service, gay romantic entanglements and conversion to Catholicism - with precision. What could have been a stuffy and episodic portrait is given real life and a haunting emotive weight through the careful performances, Davies's deft, witty screenplay and the potent use of Sassoon's own verse.

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6.6/10

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Cast

rolenameYoung Siegfried SassoonJack LowdenOlder Siegfried SassoonPeter CapaldiRobbie RossSimon Russell BealeIvor NovelloJeremy IrvineStephen TennantCalam LynchHester GattyKate PhillipsTheresa ThornycroftGeraldine JamesOlder Hester GattyGemma JonesDr RiversBen DanielsOlder Stephen TennantAnton Lesser

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rolenameDirectorTerence Davies

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Theatrical distributor

Vertigo

Released on

2022-05-20

Languages

English | German | French

Formats

Colour

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