The Angelic Conversation

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

Judi Dench

as (voice)

Paul Reynolds

Paul Reynolds

as

Philip Williamson

Philip Williamson

as

Dave Baby

Dave Baby

as

Timothy Burke

Timothy Burke

as

Simon Costin

Simon Costin

as

Christopher Hobbs

Christopher Hobbs

as

Philip MacDonald

Philip MacDonald

as

Toby Mott

Toby Mott

as

Steve Randall

Steve Randall

as

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Paul Reynolds and Philip Williamson reminded me of silent film actors in this really quite poignant tale of homosexual longing, lust and pure love all complemented by a Shakesperian narrative consisting of fourteen of his sonnets read, emotively and vibrantly, by Judi Dench. The imagery is often qui...

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