Roadside Attractions has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Terence Davies’ biographical drama Benediction which tells the story of the life of English writer, soldier and war poet Siegfried Sassoon, played by Jack Lowden (Dunkirk, Fighting with My Family); take a look here…
Benediction explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden). The writer and soldier was a complex man who survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery but who became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war when he returned from service. His poetry was inspired by his experiences on the Western Front, and he became one of the leading war poets of the era. 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. At the same time, broken by the horror of war, he made his life’s journey a quest for salvation, trying to find it within the conformity of marriage and religion.
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Benediction features a cast that includes Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeremy Irvine, Calem Lynch, Tom Blyth, Kate Phillips, Geraldine James, Gemma Jones, and Ben Daniels.
Benediction arrives in cinemas on June 3rd.
