The Angelic Conversation

5.2 / 10

(23 votes)

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.”

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

78 minutes

Year:

1985

Director:

Derek Jarman

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Company:

BFI,

Channel 4 Television

Cast:
Judi Dench

(voice)

Paul Reynolds

Philip Williamson

Dave Baby

Timothy Burke

Crew:
Derek Jarman

Director

William Shakespeare

Author

Peter Cartwright

Editor

Cerith Wyn Evans

Editor

James Mackay

Producer