Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
BENEDICTION
Synopsis
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war when he returned from service.
Synopsis
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war when he returned from service.
Our take
From wartime resistance to champagne-addled dalliances with thespians and aristocrats, this soul-bearing biopic opens up the intimate life of Siegfried Sassoon. Writing the poet a silver tongue of devastating erudition, Terence Davies lays the emotional battles of this famous English pacifist bare.