Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Derek Jarman
Written : William Shakespeare
Stars : Judi Dench Paul Reynolds Phillip Williamson Dave Baby
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Feb 27, 1987
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset, England, UK
Production companies : British Film Institute (BFI) Channel Four Films
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Feb 27, 1987
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset, England, UK
Production companies : British Film Institute (BFI) Channel Four Films