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- BFI identifier391869
- Date1993 (Copyright)
1993-09-10 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, Belgium
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- SynopsisIn Shere, in Surrey during the 14th century, 14-year-old Christine Carpenter claims to be in direct contact with the Virgin Mary. Despite the protestations of her parents, she follows the advice of her local priest and becomes an anchoress. She is voluntarily walled up into a tiny cell adjoining the local church and is actively discouraged from continuing her relationship with her family, devoting her entire life to prayer and surviving on charitable donations of food while dispensing advice to pilgrims. (Synopsis)
- Work historyHistorical drama based on the life of Christine Carpenter, a 14th century anchoress in the village of Shere in Surrey. Screenwriters Judith Stanley-Smith and Christine Watkins found letters in the British Museum Library written in the 1320s, referring to the 'enclosure' of Christine Carpenter, 'for the fulfilment of a better life' and created a fictionalised screenplay based on the fragments of story told there. Filmed on location at the Military Domain of Leopoldsburg-Hechtel, L'abbaye de Paix Dieu, Jehay-Bodegnée, Les Grottes de Rochefort Shown at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.
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- CastNatalie Morse (Christine Carpenter)
Eugene Bervoets (Reeve)
Toyah Willcox (Pauline Carpenter)
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Title
Anchoress (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/FE2F-DC16-C4AC-5248-30D7-CCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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view all - ArticlesSight and Sound v19 n8 August 2009 - DVD ReviewFilm Comment v31 n1 Jan/Feb 1995 - ReviewEmpire n52 October 1993 - ReviewSight and Sound v3 n10 October 1993 - Credits, Review, SynopsisScreen International n872 28 Aug 1992 - Article, Location Reportview all