The Angelic Conversation
1987•1h 18m•5.2•Released
Drama
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.”
Director
Derek Jarman
Languages
English
Studio
BFI
Cast
Judi Dench
(voice)
Paul Reynolds
Philip Williamson
Dave Baby
Timothy Burke
Simon Costin
Christopher Hobbs
Philip MacDonald
Toby Mott
Steve Randall
Robert Sharp
Tony Wood
Production
Company
BFI
Company
Channel 4 Television
Producer
James Mackay
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