The Angelic Conversation (1985)
Ratings:
5.0 (TMDb)
Released:
1987-02-28
Runtime:
1h 18m
Genres:
Drama
Countries:
United Kingdom
Director:
Derek Jarman
Actors:
Judi Dench, Paul Reynolds, Philip Williamson, Dave Baby, Timothy Burke, Simon Costin, Christopher Hobbs, Philip MacDonald
Synopsis
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.”