Benediction

2021
PG
2h 17m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,6/10

3,9 k

MA NOTE

Explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon. 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.

Liretrailer2 min 10 s

3 vidéos

69 photos

Docudrama War Epic Biography Drama History War

L'histoire de la vie du poète, écrivain et soldat anglais Siegfried Sassoon.L'histoire de la vie du poète, écrivain et soldat anglais Siegfried Sassoon.L'histoire de la vie du poète, écrivain et soldat anglais Siegfried Sassoon.

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,6/10

3,9 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 9 victoires et 22 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Seven of Siegfried Sassoon's poems were narrated in the film: Concert Interpretation, Died of Wounds, When I'm among a Blaze of Lights, To my Mother, To my Brother, Attack, and Invocation.

Gaffes
In the British Army, salutes are only given, or returned, when one is wearing head-dress. Yet, on several occasions, both Sassoon and Owen salute when not wearing their caps - and they're pretty sloppy salutes at that.

Citations
Dr. Rivers: Why not?
Siegfried Sassoon: Too afraid, too inhibited. Shamed by an inner corruption. Or perhaps it's simply because of... What's the phrase? "The love that dare not speak its name."
Dr. Rivers: You are not alone in that respect.

Commentaires des utilisateurs55

Commentaire

Commentaire en vedette

6/10

One can appreciate Sassoon's poetry and the loaded trivia that TE Lawrence was his friend

"Many live for the moment, you live for the eternity" British poet Siegfried Sassoon's son to his father in his final days--as the poet continues to bemoan the dead soldiers of of WWI who died for a cause that had changed from what it was when they enlisted. Thanks to Terrence Davies' film I have come to appreciate Sassoon's poetry. As a film, I prefer the comparable film "Under Milkwood" on the life and poetry of Dylan Thomas. A trivial highlight of the film: T E Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia) attending the very private wedding of Sassoon! Though mentioned briefly as an admirer of the poet Sassoon, Noel Coward never gets shown in the film. Some aspects of the screenplay are very impressive, while some are not (switching back and forth in time, needlessly, those relating to one of Sassoon's many gay paramours).