Terence Davies’ portrait of the poet Siegfried Sassoon is a poignant study of a gay man, scarred by war, who is never able to find true peace. Here the director, who has died aged 77, discusses love, sex and the cruelty of homophobia.
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Sassoon is decorated for bravery on the Western Front during the imperialist slaughter of 1914–18, but develops a deep hatred of the conflict and those conducting it.
Released on 20th May 2022, Terence Davies’ Benediction is a war/drama film following the story of famous poet, Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon was inspired to write poetry after his return from the battlefields, and his entrance into the literary/stage world of London; he became a vocal critic of the war, after suffering a breakdown as a result of the horrors he witnessed. Hannah Walton-Hughes reviews.