Anchoress
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Time Out says
This directorial debut convinces in its exploration of spiritual ferment, but fumbles the task of assembling a coherent narrative. In a medieval community, a peasant (Morse) becomes obsessed with the local chapel's statue of the Virgin, and, pronounced a holy anchoress, is walled up in the building with the object of her passion. With only a small window to the world, the girl creates a rich interior domain for herself, but in the process becomes something of a tourist attraction and longs for freedom. The film is most powerful during the cell-bound mid-section, contrasting the heroine's innocence with the machinations of Church and State. Aided by lustrous b/w cinematography, Newby delineates the textures of her pastoral surroundings to hallucinatory effect.Author: TJ
Release details
UK release:
1993
Duration:
107 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Cast:
Toyah Wilcox, Peter Postlethwaite, Eugene Bervoets, Julie T Wallace, Natalie Morse, Christopher Eccleston
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Screenwriter:
Christine Watkins, Judith Stanley-Smith
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