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Benediction explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden). Startattle.com – Benediction 2022.
The writer and soldier was a complex man who survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War. Decorated for his bravery, Sassoon later became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war and was sent to a psychiatric facility for his anti-war stance.
Sassoon became one of the leading poets of the era, and is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about the war. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London’s literary and stage world, he had affairs with several men while being closeted, and developed a crisis in faith when he converted to Catholicism.
- Starring : Jack Lowden / Peter Capaldi
- Genre : Biography / Drama / War
- Country : United Kingdom / United States
- Language : English
- Director : Terence Davies
- Production : EMU Films / BBC Films / British Film Institute (BFI) / M.Y.R.A. Entertainment / Lipsync Productions / Creative England
- Distributor : Rialto Distribution / Roadside Attractions / Vertigo Releasing
Benediction movie
Benediction release date
- September 12, 2021 : Canada (Toronto International Film Festival)
- September 18, 2021 : Spain (Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival)
- October 5, 2021 : Spain (Navarra) (event)
- October 15, 2021 : UK (BFI London Film Festival)
- October 23, 2021 : Austria (Vienna International Film Festival)
- December 23, 2021 : Australia
- January 26, 2022 : Netherlands (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
- March 17, 2022 : UK (BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival)
- April 30, 2022 : Spain (D’A Film Festival)
- May 13, 2022 : Ireland
- May 20, 2022 : UK
- June 3, 2022 : USA (Limited)
Benediction cast
- Jack Lowden as Young Siegfried Sassoon
- Peter Capaldi as Older Siegfried Sassoon
- Simon Russell Beale as Robbie Ross
- Jeremy Irvine as Ivor Novello
- Kate Phillips as Young Hester Gatty
- Gemma Jones as Older Hester Gatty
- Ben Daniels as Dr. Rivers
- Calam Lynch as Stephen Tennant
- Anton Lesser as Older Stephen Tennant
- Geraldine James as Theresa Thornycroft
- Julian Sands as Chief Medical Officer
- Tom Blyth as Glen Byam Shaw
- Matthew Tennyson as Wilfred Owen
- Lia Williams as Edith Sitwell
- Richard Goulding as George Sassoon
Benediction 2022
Benediction is a 2021 biographical drama film written and directed by Terence Davies (Distant Voices Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, The Neon Bible, The House of Mirth, The Deep Blue Sea, Sunset Song, A Quiet Passion). It is scheduled to be released in United Kingdom on May 20, 2022 by Vertigo Films and in select US theaters on June 3, 2022 by Roadside Attractions.
This drama film is produced by Michael Elliott. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival on September 12, 2021. Benediction already won several awards at different film festivals including Best Screenplay at the Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2022; Best Screenplay at the 2022 Dublin International Film Festival; Best Films Opening in 2022 at the Indiewire Critics’ Poll; Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography at the International Cinephile Society Awards 2022; Best Non-U.S. Release at the Online Film Critics Society Awards 2022; and Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2021.
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