The Angelic Conversation

– The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love, in a dre..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 17 Minutes
Release Year:
1985
The Angelic Conversation (1985)

The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love, in a dreamlike landscape. Offscreen, Dame Judi Dench recites a sequence of Shakespeare sonnets, that counterpoint the action. Jarman called it, “My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart.”

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
UK
Genre:
Release Date:

28 Feb 1987

Language:

English

Director:

Derek Jarman

Writer:

William Shakespeare (sonnets)

Main Actors:

Paul Reynolds, Phillip Williamson, Judi Dench, Dave Baby

Plot:

An unseen woman recites Shakespeare's sonnets - fourteen in all - as a man wordlessly seeks his heart's desire. The photography is stop-motion, the music is ethereal, the scenery is often elemental: boulders and smaller rocks, the sea, smoke or fog, and a garden. The man is on an odyssey following his love. But he must first, as the sonnet says, know what conscience is. So, before he can be united with his love, he must purify himself. He does so, bathing a tattooed figure (an angel, perhaps) and humbling himself in front of this being. He also prepares himself with water and through his journey and his meditations. Finally, he is united with his fair friend.

Production:

Dolmen

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.4/10