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Benediction (2021)
Directed by Terence Davies
Overview
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London’s literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.
Length 137 minutes
Actors
Jack Lowden | Peter Capaldi | Simon Russell Beale | Jeremy Irvine | Calam Lynch | Tom Blyth | Kate Phillips | Gemma Jones | Geraldine James | Ben Daniels | Edmund Kingsley | Harry Lawtey | Anton Lesser | Lia Williams | Suzanne Bertish | Jude Akuwudike | Joanna Bacon | Matthew Tennyson | Julian Sands | Thom Ashley | Richard Goulding | David Shields | Edward Bennett | Stacey Lynn Crowe | Jamie-Lee Beacher | Paddy Rowan | Kellie Shirley | Daniel Tuite | Mark Oosterveen | Steven Pacey | Joyce Henderson | Torquil Munro | Georgina Rylance | Jonathan Broadbent | Olivia Darnley | Tim Delap | Orlando Jopling | Bobby Robertson | Chris Dale