Anchoress (film)
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| Directed by | Chris Newby |
| Produced by | Paul Breuls |
| Written by | Judith Stanley-Smith Christine Watkins |
| Starring | Natalie Morse |
| Cinematography | Michel Baudour |
| Edited by | Brand Thumim |
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108 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Anchoress is a 1993 British drama film directed by Chris Newby. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The screenplay is partly based on accounts of an historical female anchorite, Christine Carpenter, who was walled into her anchorhold in a village church in Surrey, England, in 1329. The story revolves around the girl's mystical visions of the Virgin Mary, the Priest who walls her into his village church, and his dislike of her mother, a midwife whom he regards as a witch.
The film is shot in black-and-white and visually resembles the works of Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer, especially The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).
Cast
- Natalie Morse - Christine Carpenter
- Gene Bervoets - Reeve (as Eugene Bervoets)
- Toyah Willcox - Pauline Carpenter
- Pete Postlethwaite - William Carpenter
- Christopher Eccleston - Priest
- Michael Pas - Drover
- Brenda Bertin - Meg Carpenter
- Annette Badland - Mary
- Veronica Quilligan - Daisy
- Julie T. Wallace - Bertha
- Ann Way - Alice
- François Beukelaers - Bishop
- Jan Decleir - Mason
- David Boyce - Ragged Martin
- Mieke De Groote - Ragged Martin's Wife
- Erik Konstantyn - Carter
- Hugo Harold Harrison - Priest's Boy
Home media
The BFI released Anchoress on DVD in 2009. It includes various short films by director Chris Newby.
See also
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Anchoress at IMDb
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