The Angelic Conversation

Directed by Derek Jarman

Written by William Shakespeare

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.”

Cast

Judi Dench

(voice)

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Paul Reynolds

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Philip Williamson

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Dave Baby

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Timothy Burke

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Simon Costin

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Christopher Hobbs

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Philip MacDonald

Toby Mott

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Steve Randall

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Robert Sharp

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Tony Wood