The Angelic Conversation (1987)

The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving homo-erotic images and opaque landscapes through which two men take a journey into their own desires. Offscreen, Dame Judi Dench recites a sequence of Shakespeare's sonnets that counterpoint the action. Jarman called it, “My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart.”

Released

1987-02-28

Genres

Drama

Runtime

78 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Derek Jarman

TMDB rating

5.2/10 from 27 votes