While we are waiting for the first trailer,
Terence Davies movie drama
BENEDICTION has announced a festival run this Autumn: it will have its world premiere at
Toronto Film Festival (September 9-18th) and will then compete at
San Sebastian (17-25th September).
Jack Lowden leads the
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Jack Lowden plays famous WW1 poet Siegfried Sassoon
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biopic of Siegfried Sassoon, one of WW1's leading poets, which will detail his rise to acclaim for his unsparing, often satirical descriptions of trench warfare. After serving with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, where he was known as “Mad Jack” on account of his suicidal feats of bravery, he spoke out against the war
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Jeremy Irvine is Sassoon's lover Ivor Novello
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and narrowly escaped being court-martialled. The film will also recount his closeted post-war life, when being gay was still a criminal offence in Britain. He had an affair with composer and actor Ivor Novello (
Jeremy Irvine), and later married and converted to Roman Catholicism. During his life he met
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Terence Davies drama will premiere at Toronto Film Festival
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pretty much met all of the 20th century's most famous people!
Gemma Jones, Kate Phillips,
Ben Daniels, Geraldine James, and
Anton Lesser also star in the movie. Toronto will, meanwhile, also see the world premiere of
Kenneth Branagh's
Belfast with
Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds and
Jamie Dornan. Venice is, meanwhile, filled with Hollywood crap this year.
