Berwick Film Society: Benediction (12A)

Main House Theatre | 5 October 2022

Surviving WW1, lauded poet Siegfried Sassoon, decorated for bravery, became a strong critic of the protracted war in its aftermath.

Wooed by caustic socialites in London’s stage and literary circles and embraced by caddish lovers, his destructive relationships compounded a deep heartache; throughout his life he sought redemption and peace.

Beautifully acted and sensitively directed, Benediction depicts the lifelong impact of conflict on a tormented soul living through the era of the stiff upper lip.

UK, USA 2021. 2hrs 17m. Dir: Terence Davies. Cast: Jack Lowden, Tom Blyth. Language: English. Awards: 8 wins, 10 nominations

“Blessed with dialogue that wouldn’t be out of place in an Evelyn Waugh novel…this biopic reaches out beyond the war poetry to carry on its shoulders a gay artist forced to hide his true nature.”

Phil de Semlyen, Time Out

“Benediction finds both sorrow and hilariously withering wit in the eventful life of a famed wartime poet, offering some of the sharpest, nimblest dialogue of writer-director Terence Davies’ estimable career.”

A.A. Dowd, Empire Magazine

Berwick Film Society: Benediction (12A)

Surviving WW1, lauded poet Siegfried Sassoon, decorated for bravery, became a strong critic of the protracted war in its aftermath.

“Blessed with dialogue that wouldn’t be out of place in an Evelyn Waugh novel…this biopic reaches out beyond the war poetry to carry on its shoulders a gay artist forced to hide his true nature.”

“Benediction finds both sorrow and hilariously withering wit in the eventful life of a famed wartime poet, offering some of the sharpest, nimblest dialogue of writer-director Terence Davies’ estimable career.”

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