Rated: PG-13; 137 minutes; in English; Directed by Terence Davies
Starring: Tom Blyth, Jack Lowden, Kate Phillips
Benediction explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon. A complex man who survived the horrors of WWI, he was decorated for his bravery but became a critic of the war when he returned from service. Inspired by his experiences on the Western Front, he became one of the leading war poets of the era. Adored by members of the aristocracy and of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality. At the same time, broken by war, he made his life's journey a quest for salvation, trying to find it within the conformity of marriage and religion.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHPcubS9XbM