

The Angelic Conversation
1987-02-28 · 78 min · ★ 5.2
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.”
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- Directors
- Derek Jarman
- Production companies
- BFI, Channel 4 Television
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Judi Dench(voice)
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