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28/02/1987 Drama 1h 18m
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Overview

The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving homo-erotic images and opaque landscapes through which two men take a journey into their own desires. Offscreen, Dame Judi Dench recites a sequence of Shakespeare's sonnets that counterpoint the action. Jarman called it, “My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart.”

  1. Derek Jarman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Judi Dench

    (voice)

  2. Paul Reynolds

  3. Philip Williamson

  4. Dave Baby

  5. Timothy Burke

  6. Simon Costin

  7. Christopher Hobbs

  8. Philip MacDonald

  9. Toby Mott

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-05-30
Paul Reynolds and Philip Williamson reminded me of silent film actors in this really quite poignant tale of homosexual longing, lust and pure love all complemented by a Shakesperian narrative consisting of fourteen of his sonnets read, emotively and vibrantly, by Judi Dench. The imagery is often quite disjointed and abstract: inanimate objects frequently imbued with animate traits - all as one man seeks his love, and also an assurance that he is pure enough to deserve and keep it. It lacks pace. At times this is more of a collage of loosely related scenes rather than a continuing storyline and...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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