The Angelic Conversation (1987)

• Drama

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.”

Rating

5.2 / 10 (27 votes)

Release date

February 28, 1987

Runtime

1h 18m

Language

English

Director

Derek Jarman

Status

Released