[FILM REVIEW] BENEDICTION Review (2022)

June 10, 2022 Dave Anton Lesser, Ben Daniels, Benediction, Calam Lynch, Daniel Tuite, David Griffiths, David Shields, Edmund Kingsley, Edward Bennett, Gemma Jones, Geraldine James, Harry Lawtey, Jack Lowden, Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Bacon, Jonathan Broadbent, Kate Phillips, Lia Williams, Matthew Tennyson, Olivia Darnley, Peter Capaldi, Richard Goulding, Simon Russell Beale, Suzanne Bertish, Terence Davies, Tim Delap, Tom Blyth, UK, USA

Summary: Legendary 20th Century war poet Siegfried Sassoon’s life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships goes unresolved, never realizing it can only come from within.

Year: 2021

Cinema Release Dates: 9th June 2022 (Australia)

VOD Release Dates: TBA

Country: UK, USA

Director: Terence Davies

Screenwriter: Terence Davies

Cast: Joanna Bacon (Lady Cybil Colefax), Simon Russell Beale (Robbie Ross), Edward Bennett (T.E. Lawrence), Suzanne Bertish (Lady Ottoline), Tom Blyth (Glen Byam Shaw), Jonathan Broadbent (Robert Graves), Peter Capaldi (Siegfried Sassoon), Ben Daniels (Dr. Rivers), Olivia Darnley (Edith Oliver), Tim Delap (Geoffrey Keynes), Richard Goulding (George Sassoon), Jeremy Irvine (Ivor Novello), Geraldine James (Theresa Thornycroft), Gemma Jones (Hester Gatty), Edmund Kingsley (Rex Whistler), Harry Lawtey (Bobby Andrews), Anton Lesser (Stephen Tennant), Jack Lowden (Young Siegfried Sassoon), Calam Lynch (Stephen Tennant), Kate Phillips (Young Hester Gatty), David Shields (Alexander Fenton), Matthew Tennyson (Wilfred Owen), Daniel Tuite (Major McCartney-Filgate), Lia Williams (Edith Sitwell)

Running Time: 137 mins

Classification: M (Australia), UK (12-A), USA (PG-13)

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