Benediction Official Trailer

Check out the official trailer of the TIFF 2021 selection, Benediction, starring Jack Lowden, below, coming to theatres June 3rd..
Keith NoakesApril 13, 2022n/a7 min

Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terence Davies, BENEDICTION explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden). The writer and soldier 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.

In Theaters June 3, 2022 via Roadside Attractions

Written and Directed By:Terence Davies

Produced By:Michael Elliott

Cast:Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeremy Irvine, Calem Lynch, Tom Blyth, Kate Phillips, Geraldine James, Anton Lesser, Suzanne Bertish, Matthew Tennyson, Julian Sands

Run Time: 137 minutes

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