Synopsis: Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terence Davies, Benediction explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden). [More] Starring: Jack Lowden , Peter Capaldi , Simon Russell Beale , Jeremy Irvine Directed By: Terence Davies You Won't Be Alone 93%...
The film tells the story of Siegfried Sassoon, iconic turn-of-the-century poet who went from decorated war veteran to anti-war poet, finding Jack Lowden in the lead role here in what should be a hotly discussed performance come awards season. An elliptical, time-hopping narrative that sees ...
BENEDICTION (dir. Terence Davies)— Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terence Davies, the biopic explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden). CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH (dir. Cooper Raiff)— Recent college graduate Andrew, stuck back at home with his family and w...
Siegfried Sassoon's despair came not from being under-appreciated, nor for being unflappably unforgiving...but, from remembering and being constantly reminded of his one true lost love. “W’s death was an unhealed wound, & the ache of it has been with me ever since. I wanted him back...
—Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, quoted in Paul Fussell’s The Great War in Modern Memory, p. 90 R Introduction The five quotations opposite are meant to span time and imply that alienation is normal and common among war veterans when they return home. ...
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