The Angelic Conversation

Feb 28, 1987

1h 18m

★ 5.0

Overview

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.”

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BFI

Channel 4 Television

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Cast

(voice)

Judi Dench

Paul Reynolds

Philip Williamson

Dave Baby

Timothy Burke

Simon Costin

Christopher Hobbs

Philip MacDonald

Toby Mott

Steve Randall

Robert Sharp

Tony Wood

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