Summaries

An unseen woman recites Shakespeare's sonnets - fourteen in all - as a man wordlessly seeks his heart's desire. The photography is stop-motion, the music is ethereal, the scenery is often elemental: boulders and smaller rocks, the sea, smoke or fog, and a garden. The man is on an odyssey following his love. But he must first, as the sonnet says, know what conscience is. So, before he can be united with his love, he must purify himself. He does so, bathing a tattooed figure (an angel, perhaps) and humbling himself in front of this being. He also prepares himself with water and through his journey and his meditations. Finally, he is united with his fair friend.—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • sea
  • low budget film
  • smoke
  • gay love
  • abstraction
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Feb 27, 1987
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset, England, UK
Production companies British Film Institute (BFI) Channel Four Films

Box office

Budget $35000
Gross worldwide $205

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 17m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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